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Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and American rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights movement. Mays taught and mentored many influential activists, including Martin Luther King Jr, Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson, and ...
Benjamin Elijah Mays (* 1. August 1894 in Greenwood (South Carolina); † 28. März 1984 in Atlanta) war ein US-amerikanischer Lehrer, Baptistenpastor und von 1940 bis 1967 der Präsident des Morehouse College in Atlanta. Außerdem war er Mentor Martin Luther Kings. 1971 wurde Mays in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences ...
24. Aug. 2004 · Benjamin Mays. Perhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of ...
Benjamin E. Mays. Benjamin E. Mays was an educator, leader, pastor, and civil rights activist during the time of segregation, lynchings, and Jim Crow Laws in the South. Born on August 1, 1894 in Greenwood County, South Carolina, Mays was the youngest of eight children of former slaves Hezekiah Mays and Louvenia Carter Mays.
Benjamin Elijah Mays ; † 28. März 1984 in Atlanta) war ein US-amerikanischer Lehrer, Baptistenpastor und von 1940 bis 1967 der Präsident des Morehouse College in Atlanta. Außerdem war er Mentor Martin Luther Kings. 1971 wurde Mays in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences gewählt.
Original name: Michael King, Jr. Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Died: April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee (aged 39) Awards And Honors: Grammy Award (1970) Nobel Prize (1964) Notable Works: “I Have A Dream”
18. Jan. 2007 · In recognition of his life’s work promoting racial justice and African American education, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) awarded him the Spingarn Medal. Benjamin Mays died in Atlanta, Georgia on March 28, 1984. He was 89 at the time of his death.
