We Shall Overcome
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"We Shall Overcome" is a landmark protest song that became an anthem of the American civil rights movement and a symbol of nonviolent resistance worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| We Shall Overcome canonical | 5 |
| We shall overcome | 1 |
| song "We Shall Overcome" (performance) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T835177 — 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: We Shall Overcome Context triple: [American folk music revival, notableWork, We Shall Overcome]
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A.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a landmark 1960s protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem for social and political change.
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B.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
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C.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a famous American Civil War–era patriotic song that blends religious imagery with a call for justice and national resolve.
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D.
If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer" is a classic American folk song, written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays, that became an anthem of the civil rights and social justice movements.
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E.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a seminal anti-war folk song, written by Pete Seeger and popularized during the American folk music revival, that poignantly reflects on the cyclical nature of war and loss.
- 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: We Shall Overcome Target entity description: "We Shall Overcome" is a landmark protest song that became an anthem of the American civil rights movement and a symbol of nonviolent resistance worldwide.
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A.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a landmark 1960s protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem for social and political change.
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B.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
-
C.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a famous American Civil War–era patriotic song that blends religious imagery with a call for justice and national resolve.
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D.
If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer" is a classic American folk song, written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays, that became an anthem of the civil rights and social justice movements.
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E.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a seminal anti-war folk song, written by Pete Seeger and popularized during the American folk music revival, that poignantly reflects on the cyclical nature of war and loss.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
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civil rights anthem ⓘ folk song ⓘ protest song ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
American civil rights movement
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anti-apartheid movement in South Africa ⓘ global human rights movements ⓘ labor movement in the United States ⓘ |
| closelyAssociatedWith |
John Lewis
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Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasCulturalImpact |
became a global protest anthem
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inspired translations into many languages ⓘ performed by numerous artists worldwide ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk
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gospel ⓘ protest music ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
Deep in my heart I do believe
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We are not afraid ⓘ We Shall Overcome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
We shall overcome
|
| hasTheme |
collective struggle
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faith ⓘ hope ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ perseverance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American spirituals
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gospel hymn “I’ll Overcome Someday” ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | anthem of the American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| performedAt |
church meetings during the civil rights era
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civil rights rallies ⓘ marches ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ |
| popularizedBy |
Highlander Folk School
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Joan Baez ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | landmark song of the 20th century ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
civil rights
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nonviolent resistance ⓘ social justice movements worldwide ⓘ |
| usedAs |
song of hope
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song of peaceful protest ⓘ song of solidarity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
documentaries about the civil rights movement
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educational programs on civil rights ⓘ historical television programs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: We Shall Overcome Description of subject: "We Shall Overcome" is a landmark protest song that became an anthem of the American civil rights movement and a symbol of nonviolent resistance worldwide.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
song "We Shall Overcome" (performance)
this entity surface form:
We shall overcome