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'''John William Milam''' (18 February 1919 - 31 December 1980) was one of two people (the other was his half-brother [[Roy Bryant]]) responsible for the 1955 abduction and [[lynching]] of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American who had allegedly wolf-whistled Bryant's wife Carolyn. Bryant and Milam were tried for the murder but were acquitted by an all-white jury, sparking national outrage. | '''John William Milam''' (18 February 1919 - 31 December 1980) was one of two people (the other was his half-brother [[Roy Bryant]]) responsible for the 1955 abduction and [[lynching]] of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American who had allegedly wolf-whistled Bryant's wife Carolyn. Bryant and Milam were tried for the murder but were acquitted by an all-white jury, sparking national outrage. | ||
The lynching of Emmett Till was one of the first [[hate crime]]s to garner national | The lynching of Emmett Till was one of the first [[hate crime]]s to garner national attention and inspired many African-Americans to fight against the discriminatory [[Jim Crow laws]], thus kick-starting the African-American civil rights movement. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||