Guy Carawan
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Guy Carawan was an American folk musician and musicologist best known for popularizing the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome."
All labels observed (1)
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| Guy Carawan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19645139 — 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: Guy Carawan Context triple: [Old Blue, hasPerformer, Guy Carawan]
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A.
Myles Horton
Myles Horton was an American educator and social activist best known for co-founding and leading the Highlander Folk School, a key training ground for labor and civil rights organizers in the 20th century.
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B.
James Farmer
James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
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C.
Bob Moses
Bob Moses was a prominent civil rights activist and organizer best known for his leadership in voter registration drives and grassroots education initiatives in the American South during the 1960s.
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D.
Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden was a prominent American social and political activist, author, and politician best known as a leader of the 1960s New Left and a key figure in the anti–Vietnam War and civil rights movements.
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E.
James Bevel
James Bevel was a prominent American civil rights leader and strategist, closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr., who played key roles in major campaigns such as the Freedom Rides, the Selma voting rights movement, and anti-war activism.
- 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: Guy Carawan Target entity description: Guy Carawan was an American folk musician and musicologist best known for popularizing the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome."
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A.
Myles Horton
Myles Horton was an American educator and social activist best known for co-founding and leading the Highlander Folk School, a key training ground for labor and civil rights organizers in the 20th century.
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B.
James Farmer
James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
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C.
Bob Moses
Bob Moses was a prominent civil rights activist and organizer best known for his leadership in voter registration drives and grassroots education initiatives in the American South during the 1960s.
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D.
Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden was a prominent American social and political activist, author, and politician best known as a leader of the 1960s New Left and a key figure in the anti–Vietnam War and civil rights movements.
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E.
James Bevel
James Bevel was a prominent American civil rights leader and strategist, closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr., who played key roles in major campaigns such as the Freedom Rides, the Selma voting rights movement, and anti-war activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.