Three Years in Mississippi
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Three Years in Mississippi is a memoir by civil rights pioneer James Meredith recounting his experiences integrating the University of Mississippi and challenging segregation in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three Years in Mississippi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10265513 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Years in Mississippi Context triple: [James Meredith, hasWritten, Three Years in Mississippi]
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A.
"Freedom Struggle in Mississippi"
"Freedom Struggle in Mississippi" is a gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum that chronicles the fight against racial segregation and injustice in Mississippi during the civil rights era.
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B.
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American courtroom drama film about the retrial of civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ assassin, featuring James Woods in an acclaimed supporting role.
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C.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi that mobilized civil rights activists to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement by registering Black voters and establishing community programs.
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D.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, that follows the life of a 110-year-old Black woman whose memories trace the history of African Americans from slavery through the civil rights movement.
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E.
The Man Who Killed Jim Crow
"The Man Who Killed Jim Crow" is the honorific nickname given to pioneering civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston, whose legal strategy and mentorship laid the groundwork for dismantling racial segregation in the United States.
- 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: Three Years in Mississippi Target entity description: Three Years in Mississippi is a memoir by civil rights pioneer James Meredith recounting his experiences integrating the University of Mississippi and challenging segregation in the American South.
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A.
"Freedom Struggle in Mississippi"
"Freedom Struggle in Mississippi" is a gallery in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum that chronicles the fight against racial segregation and injustice in Mississippi during the civil rights era.
-
B.
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American courtroom drama film about the retrial of civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ assassin, featuring James Woods in an acclaimed supporting role.
-
C.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi that mobilized civil rights activists to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement by registering Black voters and establishing community programs.
-
D.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, that follows the life of a 110-year-old Black woman whose memories trace the history of African Americans from slavery through the civil rights movement.
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E.
The Man Who Killed Jim Crow
"The Man Who Killed Jim Crow" is the honorific nickname given to pioneering civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston, whose legal strategy and mentorship laid the groundwork for dismantling racial segregation in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
desegregation of public education
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legal battles over university admission ⓘ role of the federal government in civil rights enforcement ⓘ social climate in Mississippi during the civil rights era ⓘ |
| author | James Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
James Meredith’s efforts to enroll at the University of Mississippi
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federal intervention in the integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ resistance to desegregation in Mississippi ⓘ violence surrounding the integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ |
| documents |
James Meredith’s legal case against the University of Mississippi
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aftermath of the University of Mississippi integration crisis ⓘ events leading up to Meredith’s enrollment at Ole Miss ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
challenge to segregation in higher education
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personal experiences of racism in the American South ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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civil rights literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure | James Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
African-American history
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civil rights law ⓘ history of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
James Meredith
NERFINISHED
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civil rights movement ⓘ integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| movementContext | American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
firsthand account of integrating the University of Mississippi
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insider perspective on segregation in Mississippi ⓘ |
| portrays |
hostility of segregationist officials
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support from civil rights advocates ⓘ tension between state and federal authorities ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | James Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
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University of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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students of civil rights history ⓘ |
| theme |
courage in the face of institutional racism
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federal versus state authority over civil rights ⓘ individual resistance to segregation ⓘ personal cost of activism ⓘ struggle for educational equality ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | early 1960s ⓘ |
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