Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coretta Scott King canonical | 48 |
| Katrina Charlotte Coretta Scott King Cooper | 2 |
| Coretta | 1 |
| Coretta Scott | 1 |
| She Persisted: Coretta Scott King | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15983 — 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: Coretta Scott King Context triple: [Martin Luther King Jr., spouse, Coretta Scott King]
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A.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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B.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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C.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
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D.
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House who became one of the most influential leaders of the Progressive Era and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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E.
Oliver Brown
Oliver Brown was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
- 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: Coretta Scott King Target entity description: Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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A.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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B.
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author best known for her acclaimed works on race and migration in the United States, including "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste."
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C.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
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D.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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E.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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civil rights activist ⓘ feminist ⓘ human ⓘ nonviolence advocate ⓘ pacifist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
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Four Freedoms Award ⓘ Spingarn Medal ⓘ |
| birthName |
Coretta Scott
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linked to:
Coretta Scott King
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| burialPlace |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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linked to:
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | ovarian cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Bernice King
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Dexter Scott King ⓘ Martin Luther King III ⓘ Yolanda King ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-04-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-01-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Antioch College
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New England Conservatory of Music ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
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gender equality ⓘ human rights ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ racial equality ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| founded | Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ⓘ |
| fullName | Coretta Scott King ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| givenName |
Coretta
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linked to:
Coretta Scott King
|
| hasSignature | Coretta Scott King signature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for gender equality
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advocacy for nonviolence ⓘ advocacy for racial equality ⓘ leadership in the American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ preserving the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ support for LGBT rights ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American Civil Rights Movement
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linked to:
American civil rights movement
LGBT rights movement ⓘ peace movement ⓘ women's rights movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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civil rights activist ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Heiberger, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
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linked to:
Rosarito
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| positionHeld |
President of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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linked to:
Martin Luther King III
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| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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linked to:
Atlanta
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| sibling |
Edith Scott Bagley
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Eunice Scott ⓘ Obadiah Scott ⓘ |
| spouse | Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coretta Scott King Description of subject: Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Coretta Scott King
linked to: Coretta Scott King
subject linked to:
Leah Weber
subject linked to:
Eunice Scott
subject linked to:
King is a surname
Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family, and My Faith
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linked to: Coretta Scott King
linked to: Coretta Scott King