1894 - 1984
Benjamin Mays American Educator
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| First Name |
Benjamin
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| Last Name |
Mays
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| Birthday |
1st August, 1894
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| Birthplace |
Ninety Six, South Carolina, U.S.
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| Died |
28th March, 1984
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| Place of Death |
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Minister
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| Occupation |
Educator
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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 Donn Clendenon, among others. His rhetoric and intellectual pursuits focused on the spread of nonviolence and civil resistance in the mold of Mahatma Gandhi. The peak of his public influence coincided with his nearly three-decade tenure as the sixth president of Morehouse College, a historically black institution of higher learning, in Atlanta, Georgia.
