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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.
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 · 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.
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 (* 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 gewählt. Benjamin ...
…Morehouse was the college president, Benjamin Mays, a social gospel activist whose rich oratory and progressive ideas had left an indelible imprint on King’s father. Committed to fighting racial inequality, Mays accused the African American community of complacency in the face of oppression, and he prodded the Black church into…
29. März 1984 · Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, a nationally known educator who was an early champion of the civil rights movement, died in an Atlanta hospital yesterday after a long illness. He was 89 years old.
