Turnaround Tuesday

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civil rights march event in the Civil Rights Movement protest march

Turnaround Tuesday was the second of the 1965 Selma voting-rights marches, marked by a strategic retreat that highlighted federal inaction and helped galvanize support for the Voting Rights Act.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Turn-Back Tuesday	1
Turnaround Tuesday canonical	1
Turnaround Tuesday (March 9, 1965)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T226055 — 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: Turnaround Tuesday
Context triple: [Selma to Montgomery marches, significantEvent, Turnaround Tuesday]

A. Each Day Gets Better
"Each Day Gets Better" is a song featured on John Legend's album "Once Again."
B. Day of Goodwill
Day of Goodwill is a South African public holiday observed on December 26 that focuses on charity, generosity, and spending time with family and community.
C. Save the Night
"Save the Night" is a song by John Legend from his R&B album "Love in the Future."
D. Humpin’ Around
"Humpin’ Around" is a 1992 new jack swing single by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, known for its upbeat groove and chart success.
E. This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
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: Turnaround Tuesday
Target entity description: Turnaround Tuesday was the second of the 1965 Selma voting-rights marches, marked by a strategic retreat that highlighted federal inaction and helped galvanize support for the Voting Rights Act.

A. Each Day Gets Better
"Each Day Gets Better" is a song featured on John Legend's album "Once Again."
B. Day of Goodwill
Day of Goodwill is a South African public holiday observed on December 26 that focuses on charity, generosity, and spending time with family and community.
C. Save the Night
"Save the Night" is a song by John Legend from his R&B album "Love in the Future."
D. Humpin’ Around
"Humpin’ Around" is a 1992 new jack swing single by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, known for its upbeat groove and chart success.
E. This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights march ⓘ event in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ protest march ⓘ
characterizedBy	symbolic crossing of Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ
commemoratedBy	civil rights histories and memorial events ⓘ
follows	Bloody Sunday ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Second Selma march ⓘ linked to: Selma to Montgomery marches Turn-Back Tuesday ⓘ linked to: Turnaround Tuesday
hasContext	American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ linked to: American civil rights movement
hasCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasHistoricalSignificance	demonstrated disciplined nonviolent strategy after state violence ⓘ key step in securing federal voting-rights protections ⓘ
hasLocation	Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ Selma, Alabama ⓘ
hasOutcome	helped galvanize support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ highlighted federal inaction on voting rights ⓘ increased national attention to Selma voting-rights struggle ⓘ
hasParticipant	civil rights activists ⓘ clergy from across the United States ⓘ local Black residents of Selma ⓘ
hasPurpose	pressure the federal government to protect voting rights ⓘ protest voter suppression ⓘ support African American voting rights ⓘ
ledBy	Hosea Williams ⓘ James Bevel ⓘ John Lewis ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
legalContext	federal court injunction limiting marches beyond Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy	American newspapers ⓘ national television networks ⓘ
motivatedBy	violence of Bloody Sunday ⓘ
movement	Civil Rights Movement in the United States ⓘ linked to: American civil rights movement
opposedBy	segregationist authorities in Alabama ⓘ
organizedBy	Dallas County Voters League ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
partOf	Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
precedes	Third Selma to Montgomery march ⓘ linked to: Selma to Montgomery marches
relatedTo	Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
strategyDirectedBy	Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ SCLC leadership ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ
tookPlaceOn	1965-03-09 ⓘ
usesTactic	nonviolent protest ⓘ strategic retreat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Selma to Montgomery marches → significantEvent → Turnaround Tuesday ⓘ

Selma, Alabama → hasSignificantEvent → Turnaround Tuesday (March 9, 1965) ⓘ

linked to: Turnaround Tuesday

Turnaround Tuesday → hasAlternativeName → Turn-Back Tuesday ⓘ