Freedom Riders National Monument
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Freedom Riders National Monument is a U.S. National Park Service site in Anniston, Alabama, that preserves and interprets locations central to the 1961 civil rights Freedom Rides challenging segregated interstate travel.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freedom Riders National Monument canonical | 5 |
| Freedom Riders bus attack site | 1 |
| Freedom Riders bus station sites | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T613577 — 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: Freedom Riders National Monument Context triple: [Freedom Rides, commemoratedBy, Freedom Riders National Monument]
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A.
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a protected historic area in Birmingham, Alabama, that commemorates key sites and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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B.
Selma Interpretive Center
The Selma Interpretive Center is a visitor and education center in Selma, Alabama, that commemorates the civil rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.
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C.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park is a protected historic site in Atlanta that preserves locations associated with the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including his childhood home and the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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D.
Selma Historic District
The Selma Historic District is a nationally recognized area in Selma, Alabama, noted for its well-preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and its central role in the American civil rights movement.
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E.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
- 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: Freedom Riders National Monument Target entity description: Freedom Riders National Monument is a U.S. National Park Service site in Anniston, Alabama, that preserves and interprets locations central to the 1961 civil rights Freedom Rides challenging segregated interstate travel.
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A.
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a protected historic area in Birmingham, Alabama, that commemorates key sites and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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B.
Selma Interpretive Center
The Selma Interpretive Center is a visitor and education center in Selma, Alabama, that commemorates the civil rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.
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C.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park is a protected historic site in Atlanta that preserves locations associated with the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including his childhood home and the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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D.
Selma Historic District
The Selma Historic District is a nationally recognized area in Selma, Alabama, noted for its well-preserved 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and its central role in the American civil rights movement.
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E.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States National Park Service site
ⓘ
national monument ⓘ |
| adminCenter | Anniston, Alabama ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Congress of Racial Equality
ⓘ
Freedom Riders ⓘ
linked to:
Freedom Rides
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| category |
Civil rights memorial
ⓘ
Protected area of Alabama ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| designationDate | 2017-01-12 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Presidential Proclamation ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Freedom Riders bus attack site
ⓘ
linked to:
Freedom Riders National Monument
Greyhound bus station site ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
commemoration of the Freedom Rides
ⓘ
interpretation of the 1961 Freedom Rides ⓘ preservation of civil rights history ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
desegregation of public transportation
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
United States national monument
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. National Monument
|
| inception | 2017-01-12 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | civil rights sites in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | federally protected area ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
former Greyhound bus station in Anniston
ⓘ
site of bus burning outside Anniston ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Anniston, Alabama ⓘ Calhoun County, Alabama ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Freedom Riders
ⓘ
linked to:
Freedom Rides
|
| nearestCity | Anniston, Alabama ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| owner |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| partOf | United States National Park System ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1961 Freedom Rides
ⓘ
linked to:
Freedom Rides
attack on Freedom Riders in Anniston ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1961
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Civil Rights Era ⓘ |
| topic |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
interstate bus segregation ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| visitorActivities |
education
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heritage tourism ⓘ historical interpretation ⓘ |
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Subject: Freedom Riders National Monument Description of subject: Freedom Riders National Monument is a U.S. National Park Service site in Anniston, Alabama, that preserves and interprets locations central to the 1961 civil rights Freedom Rides challenging segregated interstate travel.
Referenced by (7)
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linked to: Freedom Riders National Monument
linked to: Freedom Riders National Monument
subject linked to:
Greyhound bus station site