Description |
1 online resource (xv, 326 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction : I have been a Baptist all my life -- My earliest memory was a mob -- I set out to learn how the sixty-six books of the Bible were produced -- In search of a call -- The Negro's God -- The most neglected area in Negro education -- Schoolmaster of the movement -- Seeking to be Christian in race relations -- I have only just a minute -- This is not a short war, this is a long war -- Epilogue : Lord, the people have driven me on |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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ALA Black Caucus Award, 2013 (Nonfiction) |
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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 fast |
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Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Presidents -- Biography
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Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) fast |
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African American educators -- Biography
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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African American educators
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Presidents
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469601748 |
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1469601745 |
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9780807869871 |
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0807869872 |
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