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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 ...
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.
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.
24. Aug. 2004 · Learn about Benjamin Mays, a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was the longtime president of Morehouse College, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and a critic of segregation.
Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Mays, a distinguished Atlanta educator and president of Morehouse College. He influenced King's spiritual and intellectual development, supported his nonviolent activism, and eulogized him after his death.
Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in South Carolina in 1894 to former slaves. The youngest of eight children, he grew up in a segregated, Jim Crow society (Mays first earned the right to vote in 1945 when he was 51 years old). He graduated from Bates in 1920, after which he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
