Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement : A Biography /

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This full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984) chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his 'spiritual and intellectual father'. Dean of the Howard University School of Religion, president of Morehouse College, and mentor to influential black leaders, Mays had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jelks, Randal Maurice, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mays, Benjamin E. > (Benjamin Elijah), > 1894-1984.
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) > Presidents > Biography.
Presidents.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American educators.
EDUCATION > Higher.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Noirs americains > Droits.
Éducateurs noirs americains > Biographies.
African American educators > Biography.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984) chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his 'spiritual and intellectual father'. Dean of the Howard University School of Religion, president of Morehouse College, and mentor to influential black leaders, Mays had a profound impact on the education of the leadership of the black church and of a generation of activists, policymakers, and educators.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
Awards:ALA Black Caucus Award, 2013 (Nonfiction)
ISBN:9781469601748

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