My Name Is Emmett Till
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"My Name Is Emmett Till" is a song that reflects on the life, lynching, and historical legacy of Emmett Till, a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Name Is Emmett Till canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11125110 — 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: My Name Is Emmett Till Context triple: [Hard Bargain, hasTrack, My Name Is Emmett Till]
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A.
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.
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B.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
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C.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy is a legal drama film based on Bryan Stevenson's memoir, following a young defense attorney's fight to overturn the wrongful conviction of a death row inmate in Alabama.
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D.
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film that uses James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript and archival footage to examine the history of racism in the United States through his reflections on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Selma
Selma is a small suburban city in the San Antonio metropolitan area of south-central Texas, known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional highways and attractions.
- 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: My Name Is Emmett Till Target entity description: "My Name Is Emmett Till" is a song that reflects on the life, lynching, and historical legacy of Emmett Till, a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement.
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A.
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.
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B.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
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C.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy is a legal drama film based on Bryan Stevenson's memoir, following a young defense attorney's fight to overturn the wrongful conviction of a death row inmate in Alabama.
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D.
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film that uses James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript and archival footage to examine the history of racism in the United States through his reflections on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Selma
Selma is a small suburban city in the San Antonio metropolitan area of south-central Texas, known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional highways and attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| about |
impact of Emmett Till on civil rights movement
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life of Emmett Till ⓘ lynching in Mississippi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
folk song
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protest song ⓘ |
| historicalEventReferenced |
1955 lynching of Emmett Till
NERFINISHED
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early civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| intendedMessage |
to condemn racial violence
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to highlight the legacy of Emmett Till in civil rights history ⓘ to remember Emmett Till ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American civil rights movement
NERFINISHED
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Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ lynching of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | reflective ⓘ |
| portrays | Emmett Till as a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| setInTime | 1950s United States ⓘ |
| theme |
civil rights
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historical memory ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| title | My Name Is Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | historical reflection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Name Is Emmett Till Description of subject: "My Name Is Emmett Till" is a song that reflects on the life, lynching, and historical legacy of Emmett Till, a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement.
Referenced by (2)
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