Red Summer
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Red Summer refers to the wave of intense racial violence and white supremacist attacks against African Americans that swept across numerous U.S. cities and towns during the late spring through early autumn of 1919.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Summer canonical | 10 |
| Red Summer of 1919 | 3 |
| Red Summer (1919) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2200164 — 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: Red Summer Context triple: [Chicago Race Riot of 1919, partOf, Red Summer]
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A.
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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B.
Black and White America
"Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
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C.
Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
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D.
SNCC: The New Abolitionists
SNCC: The New Abolitionists is a historical work that chronicles the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s pivotal role in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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E.
Points of Rebellion
Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.
- 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: Red Summer Target entity description: Red Summer refers to the wave of intense racial violence and white supremacist attacks against African Americans that swept across numerous U.S. cities and towns during the late spring through early autumn of 1919.
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A.
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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B.
Black and White America
"Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
-
C.
Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
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D.
SNCC: The New Abolitionists
SNCC: The New Abolitionists is a historical work that chronicles the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s pivotal role in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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E.
Points of Rebellion
Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-Black violence
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ racial conflict ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDeathToll | hundreds of people killed ⓘ |
| hasApproximateInjured | thousands of people injured ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Great Migration of African Americans
ⓘ
competition for jobs and housing ⓘ entrenched Jim Crow racism ⓘ racial tensions after World War I ⓘ white resistance to Black veterans asserting rights ⓘ white supremacist violence ⓘ |
| hasCoinedBy |
James Weldon Johnson
ⓘ
NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
linked to:
James Weldon Johnson
|
| hasConsequence |
greater national attention to racial violence
ⓘ
increased NAACP membership ⓘ strengthening of Black civil rights activism ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Great Migration era
ⓘ
Red Scare era ⓘ
linked to:
McCarthyism
post–World War I demobilization ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | early autumn 1919 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Bisbee, Arizona
ⓘ
Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago
Elaine, Arkansas ⓘ Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ Longview, Texas ⓘ Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington, D.C. ⓘ over three dozen U.S. cities and counties ⓘ |
| hasMainVictim |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| hasNotableEvent |
Bisbee riot of 1919
ⓘ
Charleston riot of 1919 ⓘ Chicago race riot of 1919 ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Elaine massacre ⓘ Knoxville riot of 1919 ⓘ Longview race riot ⓘ Norfolk race riot of 1919 ⓘ Omaha race riot of 1919 ⓘ Phillips County racial violence ⓘ Washington, D.C. race riot of 1919 ⓘ |
| hasOppositionFrom |
African American community leaders
ⓘ
Black press ⓘ
linked to:
African American newspapers
NAACP ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator |
white mobs
ⓘ
white supremacists ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | late spring 1919 ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | 1919 ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfViolence |
arson
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lynchings ⓘ mob violence ⓘ murder ⓘ race riots ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red Summer Description of subject: Red Summer refers to the wave of intense racial violence and white supremacist attacks against African Americans that swept across numerous U.S. cities and towns during the late spring through early autumn of 1919.
Referenced by (14)
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