No Name in the Street
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No Name in the Street is James Baldwin’s 1972 autobiographical and political essay collection reflecting on race, civil rights, and his personal experiences in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No Name in the Street canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549243 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Name in the Street Context triple: [James Baldwin, notableWork, No Name in the Street]
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A.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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B.
Sugar Street
Sugar Street is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that continues his Cairo Trilogy, depicting the evolving fortunes and political awakenings of a Cairene family across generations.
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C.
Another Country
Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, and complex human relationships in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
Nobody Knows My Name
Nobody Knows My Name is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and the African American experience in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Name in the Street Target entity description: No Name in the Street is James Baldwin’s 1972 autobiographical and political essay collection reflecting on race, civil rights, and his personal experiences in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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B.
Sugar Street
Sugar Street is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that continues his Cairo Trilogy, depicting the evolving fortunes and political awakenings of a Cairene family across generations.
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C.
Another Country
Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, and complex human relationships in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
Nobody Knows My Name
Nobody Knows My Name is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and the African American experience in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book ⓘ essay collection ⓘ political essay collection ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | regarded as an important work of Baldwin’s political thought ⓘ |
| discusses |
Baldwin’s experiences in Europe
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Baldwin’s experiences in the American South ⓘ Black Power movement ⓘ assassination of Malcolm X ⓘ assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ assassination of Medgar Evers ⓘ civil rights activism ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorBibliography | The Fire Next Time ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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essays ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ political literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of essays ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disillusionment with American democracy
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historical witness ⓘ hope and despair in social change ⓘ identity and exile ⓘ memory and testimony ⓘ responsibility of the writer ⓘ violence and oppression ⓘ |
| hasTitle | No Name in the Street self-link ⓘ |
| influenced | later African-American political essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
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surface form:
African-American literature
civil rights era literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American politics
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Black experience in America ⓘ James Baldwin ⓘ
surface form:
James Baldwin’s life
civil rights movement ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending personal memoir with political critique
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reflection on the civil rights and Black Power eras ⓘ |
| partOfAuthor’sOeuvre | James Baldwin’s later nonfiction ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dial Press ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
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