Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area
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Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T429861 — 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: Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area Context triple: [Katzenbach v. McClung, factFinding, Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area]
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A.
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by affirming Congress’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in public accommodations under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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C.
Greensboro sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in 1960, led primarily by Black college students in North Carolina, that challenged racial segregation at lunch counters and helped galvanize the broader U.S. civil rights movement.
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D.
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
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E.
Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
- 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: Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area Target entity description: Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.
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A.
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by affirming Congress’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in public accommodations under the Commerce Clause.
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B.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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C.
Greensboro sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in 1960, led primarily by Black college students in North Carolina, that challenged racial segregation at lunch counters and helped galvanize the broader U.S. civil rights movement.
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D.
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
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E.
Sweatt v. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged racial segregation in higher education and helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
act of racial discrimination
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public accommodations discrimination incident ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| businessTypeInvolved | family‑owned restaurant ⓘ |
| challengedBy | United States Attorney General ⓘ |
| challengedInCase | Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ |
| challengedUnderLaw | Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| challengedUnderTitle | Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| civilRightsContext |
American Civil Rights Movement
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linked to:
American civil rights movement
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| constitutionalBasisForRegulation |
Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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linked to:
Commerce Clause
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| foundUnlawfulBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
central example of restaurant segregation struck down by the Supreme Court
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illustration of how local businesses were subject to federal civil rights law due to interstate commerce connections ⓘ |
| impact |
affirmed federal power to prohibit racial discrimination in restaurants
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reinforced nationwide enforcement of Title II public accommodations provisions ⓘ |
| involves |
Black customers
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Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of applying Title II to a local restaurant
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scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| locationOfDiscrimination | dining area of Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ |
| occurredInJurisdiction |
Birmingham, Alabama
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linked to:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
|
| practice |
limiting Black customers to take‑out service
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refusal of table service to Black customers ⓘ |
| relatedSupremeCourtDecision |
Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
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linked to:
Katzenbach v. McClung
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| timePeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| typeOfDiscrimination |
racial discrimination
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segregation in public accommodations ⓘ |
| usedAsExampleIn |
Supreme Court jurisprudence on public accommodations
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legal discussions of Commerce Clause authority ⓘ studies of racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area Description of subject: Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Katzenbach v. McClung
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factFinding
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Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area
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