The Crisis
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The Crisis was the influential magazine of the NAACP, founded and edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, that served as a leading voice for African American civil rights and culture in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crisis canonical | 11 |
| The Crisis magazine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3277377 — 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: The Crisis Context triple: [The Negro Speaks of Rivers, firstPublishedIn, The Crisis]
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A.
Black Journal
Black Journal was a pioneering American public television news and affairs program that focused on African American issues, culture, and politics during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
The Gray Lady
The Gray Lady is a longstanding nickname for The New York Times, reflecting its reputation as a serious, authoritative, and traditional American newspaper.
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C.
Negro Story magazine
Negro Story magazine was an African American literary periodical based in Chicago that showcased Black writers and contributed to the cultural flowering of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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D.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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E.
Revue Nègre
Revue Nègre was a 1925 Parisian musical revue that famously launched Josephine Baker to stardom with its groundbreaking jazz-influenced, African American–themed performances.
- 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: The Crisis Target entity description: The Crisis was the influential magazine of the NAACP, founded and edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, that served as a leading voice for African American civil rights and culture in the early 20th century.
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A.
Black Journal
Black Journal was a pioneering American public television news and affairs program that focused on African American issues, culture, and politics during the late 1960s and 1970s.
-
B.
The Gray Lady
The Gray Lady is a longstanding nickname for The New York Times, reflecting its reputation as a serious, authoritative, and traditional American newspaper.
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C.
Negro Story magazine
Negro Story magazine was an African American literary periodical based in Chicago that showcased Black writers and contributed to the cultural flowering of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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D.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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E.
Revue Nègre
Revue Nègre was a 1925 Parisian musical revue that famously launched Josephine Baker to stardom with its groundbreaking jazz-influenced, African American–themed performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American magazine
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civil rights periodical ⓘ magazine ⓘ |
| affiliation | Niagara Movement legacy ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| editor | W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| founder | W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| hasSection |
book reviews
ⓘ
editorials ⓘ essays ⓘ fiction ⓘ news reports ⓘ photographs ⓘ poetry ⓘ statistical reports ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American art
ⓘ
African American civil rights ⓘ African American culture ⓘ African American history ⓘ African American literature ⓘ African American politics ⓘ Harlem Renaissance ⓘ Jim Crow laws ⓘ World War I and African American soldiers ⓘ education for African Americans ⓘ lynching and racial violence ⓘ racial equality ⓘ segregation ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableContributor |
Claude McKay
ⓘ
Countee Cullen ⓘ Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Mary White Ovington ⓘ Walter White ⓘ
linked to:
Walter White (fictional character)
|
| notableEditor |
James Weldon Johnson
ⓘ
Jessie Redmon Fauset ⓘ Roy Wilkins ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
African American suffrage
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anti-lynching movement ⓘ civil rights advocacy ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher |
NAACP
ⓘ
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to:
NAACP
|
| roleInSociety |
organ of the NAACP
ⓘ
platform for African American intellectuals ⓘ vehicle for anti-lynching campaigns ⓘ voice for early 20th-century African American civil rights ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
civil rights activists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crisis Description of subject: The Crisis was the influential magazine of the NAACP, founded and edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, that served as a leading voice for African American civil rights and culture in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (12)
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linked to: The Crisis