Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984

LC control no.	n 50010232
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1894-08-01
Death date	1984-03-28
Place of birth	Greenwood County (S.C.)
Place of death	Atlanta (Ga.)
Affiliation	University of Chicago YMCA of the USA World Council of Churches Howard University. School of Religion Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Theologians College presidents
Found in	His The negro's church ... c1933. His Born to rebel, 1986, c1971: CIP t.p. (Benjamin E. Mays) p. 3 of galley (d. 1984) book, p. 1 (The 1900 US Census gives my birth date as August 1, 1894, and this date I accept) NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for His Interview, 1968 Jan. 26 (MAYS, Benjamin E. (1895-1984); President emeritus, Morehouse College, Atlanta) Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mays, Benjamin E.; Benjamin Elijah Mays; civil rights activist, educational institution official, theologian; born 01 August, 1894 in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States; master's degree, University of Chicago (1925); doctorate, University of Chicago School of Religion (1935); national student secretary of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA); executive, World Council of Churches; teacher, South Carolina State College (1925); director, Tampa Urban League, Florida; dean, Howard University School of Religion (1934-1940); president, Morehouse College (1940-1967); gave the eulogy at Martin Luther King's funeral; president of Atlanta school board (1973); received more than twenty-five honorary degrees and countless citations; died 28 March, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
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