Elizabeth Eckford
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Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Eckford canonical | 4 |
| Ernest Green | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170181 — 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: Elizabeth Eckford Context triple: [Little Rock Integration Crisis, involves, Elizabeth Eckford]
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A.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
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B.
Addie Mae Collins
Addie Mae Collins was a 14-year-old African American girl who became one of the four young martyrs of the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the civil rights movement.
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C.
Oliver Brown
Oliver Brown was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
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D.
Lillian Rogers Parks
Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.
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E.
Diane Nash
Diane Nash is an influential American civil rights leader known for her pivotal role in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- 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: Elizabeth Eckford Target entity description: Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
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A.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
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B.
Addie Mae Collins
Addie Mae Collins was a 14-year-old African American girl who became one of the four young martyrs of the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the civil rights movement.
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C.
Oliver Brown
Oliver Brown was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
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D.
Lillian Rogers Parks
Lillian Rogers Parks was a longtime White House maid and seamstress who became known for her memoirs detailing life behind the scenes of multiple presidential administrations.
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E.
Diane Nash
Diane Nash is an influential American civil rights leader known for her pivotal role in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Little Rock Nine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Little Rock Central High School
ⓘ
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to:
NAACP
|
| awardReceived | Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ |
| causeSupported |
desegregation of public schools
ⓘ
racial integration in education ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
accounts of the Little Rock Nine
ⓘ
civil rights histories of the 1950s ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Little Rock Central High School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Eckford ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | civil rights testimony ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
courage
ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later civil rights activism by students
ⓘ
public perception of school desegregation ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
activist
ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ |
| hasPhoto |
famous 1957 photograph being harassed by a white mob
ⓘ
image walking alone toward Little Rock Central High School ⓘ |
| hasRole |
civil rights figure
ⓘ
student ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Little Rock Nine ⓘ |
| movement |
civil rights movement
ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| notableFor |
being one of the Little Rock Nine
ⓘ
integrating Little Rock Central High School ⓘ role in the American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | public speeches about her experiences in Little Rock ⓘ |
| opposedBy | segregationists in Little Rock ⓘ |
| partOf | desegregation of public schools in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| residence |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Little Rock school desegregation crisis
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock Integration Crisis
integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries on the Little Rock Nine
ⓘ
history textbooks about school desegregation ⓘ photographs documenting the Little Rock crisis ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| topicOf |
museum exhibits on the Little Rock Nine
ⓘ
scholarly articles on school integration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Eckford Description of subject: Elizabeth Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elizabeth Eckford