J. W. Milam
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J. W. Milam was one of the two white men who notoriously abducted and murdered Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955, a case that became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
murderer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Emmett Till murder case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
kidnapping of Emmett Till
ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| confessedTo | murder of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| confessionPublicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| confessionPublishedIn | Look magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Mamie Till-Mobley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NAACP investigation of Emmett Till case ⓘ |
| coPerpetrator | Roy Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crimeDate | August 1955 ⓘ |
| crimeLocation |
Money, Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Milam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John William Milam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | involvement in Emmett Till case helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ |
| juryType | all-white jury ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of racist violence and injustice in the American South ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | acquitted of Emmett Till’s murder ⓘ |
| legalProtectionAtTimeOfConfession | double jeopardy ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international press coverage in 1955 ⓘ |
| motiveAttributed |
desire to enforce white supremacist social norms in the Jim Crow South
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racism ⓘ |
| notableFor | murder of Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| perpetrated |
abduction of Emmett Till
ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ torture of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raceRelatedViolence | yes ⓘ |
| residence | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Roy Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Jim Crow era in Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| triedAt | Tallahatchie County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| verdict | not guilty ⓘ |
| victim | Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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