Sammy Younge Jr.
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Sammy Younge Jr. was a civil rights activist and Tuskegee Institute student whose 1966 murder for attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom made him a martyr of the Black liberation movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sammy Younge Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10456258 — 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: Sammy Younge Jr. Context triple: [Sammy Younge, Jr.: The First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement, mainSubject, Sammy Younge Jr.]
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A.
Sammy Breedlove
Sammy Breedlove is a minor character in Toni Morrison’s novel "The Bluest Eye," known as Pecola Breedlove’s troubled and often violent older brother.
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B.
Yusef Jackson
Yusef Jackson is an American businessman and public figure, known primarily as one of the sons of civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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C.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
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D.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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E.
Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell is an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often portraying intense, streetwise, or authoritative supporting roles.
- 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: Sammy Younge Jr. Target entity description: Sammy Younge Jr. was a civil rights activist and Tuskegee Institute student whose 1966 murder for attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom made him a martyr of the Black liberation movement.
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A.
Sammy Breedlove
Sammy Breedlove is a minor character in Toni Morrison’s novel "The Bluest Eye," known as Pecola Breedlove’s troubled and often violent older brother.
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B.
Yusef Jackson
Yusef Jackson is an American businessman and public figure, known primarily as one of the sons of civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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C.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
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D.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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E.
Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell is an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often portraying intense, streetwise, or authoritative supporting roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ student ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
Black voting rights in Alabama
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desegregation of public restrooms ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
civil rights memorial events
ⓘ
writings by SNCC activists ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966 ⓘ |
| describedAs | martyr of the Black liberation movement ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tuskegee Institute
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuskegee University
|
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Younge ⓘ |
| givenName | Sammy ⓘ |
| hasRole |
SNCC field worker
ⓘ
voting rights organizer ⓘ |
| killedFor | attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | shot ⓘ |
| memberOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| movement |
Black liberation movement
ⓘ
Civil rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
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| notableEvent | murder of Sammy Younge Jr. in Tuskegee in 1966 ⓘ |
| notableFor | desegregation activism in Alabama ⓘ |
| occupation | civil rights activist ⓘ |
| opposed | racial segregation in public facilities ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Macon County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuskegee, Alabama ⓘ
linked to:
Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Tuskegee, Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
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| placeOfEducation |
Tuskegee, Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sammy Younge Jr. Description of subject: Sammy Younge Jr. was a civil rights activist and Tuskegee Institute student whose 1966 murder for attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom made him a martyr of the Black liberation movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.