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.

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Label Occurrences
J. W. Milam canonical 5
John William Milam 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
murderer ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Emmett Till murder case ⓘ
associatedWithMovement American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
chargedWith kidnapping of Emmett Till ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
confessedTo murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
confessionPublicationYear 1956 ⓘ
confessionPublishedIn Look magazine ⓘ
connectedTo Mamie Till-Mobley ⓘ
NAACP investigation of Emmett Till case ⓘ
coPerpetrator Roy Bryant ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
crimeDate August 1955 ⓘ
crimeLocation Money, Mississippi ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980 ⓘ
ethnicity white American ⓘ
familyName Milam ⓘ
fullName John William Milam ⓘ
linked to: J. W. Milam
givenName John ⓘ
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 ⓘ
racism ⓘ
notableFor murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
perpetrated abduction of Emmett Till ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
torture of Emmett Till ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mississippi ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mississippi ⓘ
raceRelatedViolence yes ⓘ
residence Mississippi ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Roy Bryant ⓘ
timePeriod Jim Crow era in Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
trialYear 1955 ⓘ
triedAt Tallahatchie County Courthouse ⓘ
verdict not guilty ⓘ
victim Emmett Till ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roy Bryant → sibling → J. W. Milam ⓘ
J. W. Milam → fullName → John William Milam ⓘ
linked to: J. W. Milam
Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market → associatedWith → J. W. Milam ⓘ
Emmett Till → perpetrator → J. W. Milam ⓘ