Black Like Me
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Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Like Me canonical | 1 |
| Black Like Me (1964 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8388148 — 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: Black Like Me Context triple: [James Whitmore, notableWork, Black Like Me]
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A.
Black Love
Black Love is a studio album by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie that blends hip-hop and Afrobeats while exploring themes of romance, relationships, and contemporary African life.
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B.
Black on Both Sides
Black on Both Sides is Mos Def’s critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album, celebrated for its socially conscious lyrics and innovative blend of hip-hop styles.
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C.
Freedom for My People
"Freedom for My People" is a brief gospel-influenced musical interlude by the band U2, featured on their 1988 album and film project "Rattle and Hum."
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D.
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 blaxploitation comedy-crime film, directed by Ossie Davis, that follows two Harlem detectives investigating a con man's fraudulent back-to-Africa scheme.
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E.
Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
- 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: Black Like Me Target entity description: Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
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A.
Black Love
Black Love is a studio album by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie that blends hip-hop and Afrobeats while exploring themes of romance, relationships, and contemporary African life.
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B.
Black on Both Sides
Black on Both Sides is Mos Def’s critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album, celebrated for its socially conscious lyrics and innovative blend of hip-hop styles.
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C.
Freedom for My People
"Freedom for My People" is a brief gospel-influenced musical interlude by the band U2, featured on their 1988 album and film project "Rattle and Hum."
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D.
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 blaxploitation comedy-crime film, directed by Ossie Davis, that follows two Harlem detectives investigating a con man's fraudulent back-to-Africa scheme.
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E.
Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonfiction book
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | John Howard Griffin ⓘ |
| basedOn | John Howard Griffin's real-life experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely discussed and controversial at time of publication ⓘ |
| depicts |
economic exploitation of Black communities
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everyday discrimination against Black Americans ⓘ segregated public facilities ⓘ threats and violence against Black people ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
empathy
ⓘ
identity ⓘ social justice ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ white privilege ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | newspaper series ⓘ |
| firstSerializedIn | Sepia magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
journalism
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ race relations literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Black Like Me (1964 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Like Me
|
| influenced | civil rights discourse in the United States ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of American civil rights literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American experience
ⓘ
Jim Crow South ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Crow laws
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| methodDescribed | skin darkening to pass as Black ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | firsthand account of a white man passing as Black in the Jim Crow South ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationType | book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Alabama
ⓘ
American South ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
Georgia ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1959
ⓘ
Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Crow laws
|
| usedIn | educational curricula on race and civil rights ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Like Me Description of subject: Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Black Like Me