Larry Neal
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Larry Neal was an influential African American writer, critic, and theorist who helped define and lead the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Neal canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549183 — 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: Larry Neal Context triple: [Black Arts Movement, notableFigure, Larry Neal]
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A.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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B.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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C.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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D.
Ralph Coleman
Ralph Coleman was a prominent Oregon State University baseball coach whose legacy in the sport led to the university’s baseball stadium being named in his honor.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Neal Target entity description: Larry Neal was an influential African American writer, critic, and theorist who helped define and lead the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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B.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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C.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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D.
Ralph Coleman
Ralph Coleman was a prominent Oregon State University baseball coach whose legacy in the sport led to the university’s baseball stadium being named in his honor.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ person ⓘ theorist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| almaMater | Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Essays on Black American Literature
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The Black Arts Movement (essay) ⓘ
linked to:
Black Arts Movement
|
| birthDate | 1937-09-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| coEditorOf | Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing ⓘ |
| coEditorWith | Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1981-01-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Neal ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American literature
ⓘ
cultural criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| fullName | Larry Neal ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Larry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Black Arts Movement writers
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Arts Movement
|
| influencedBy |
Amiri Baraka
ⓘ
Black Power ideology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American literary criticism
ⓘ
leadership in the Black Arts Movement ⓘ theoretical writings on Black aesthetics ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Arts Movement
ⓘ
Black Power movement ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| occupation |
critic
ⓘ
editor ⓘ educator ⓘ theorist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
| taughtAt |
University at Buffalo
ⓘ
Wesleyan University ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
African American cultural identity
ⓘ
Black aesthetics ⓘ Black nationalism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (9)
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