The magnificent Mays: a biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays
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2012
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 367 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781611170771 9781611171846 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations
viii
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: Getting Dr. Payne
ι
ι
Seed of James, Branch of Prophets and Judges, 1894-1898
5
2
The Ravening Wolf,
1898 15
3
A Rambo Boy after the Riot, 1898-1911
32
4
The Student, 1911—1917
42
5
Wisdom in Northern Light, 1918-1919
60
6
For Every Time There Is a Season, 1920-1924
74
7
My Times Are in Thy Hands, 1924-1926 ui
8
New Negroes on Detour,
1926—1934
ці
9
The Great Commission and Its Filling, 1934-1936
158
10
In the Nations Capital, 1936-1940
176
11
In My Fathers House, 1940-1947
207
12
To yoUT tentS, I948-I967 2JJ
13
Myne owne familiar friend,
1968 256
14
Leave Me a Double Portion, 1969-1984
284
Notes 30c
Bibliography
341
Index
357
?iGHTS activist,
writer, theologian.
preacher,
und
educator, Benjamin Elijah Mays
(1894—1984)
was one of the roost distinguished
South Carolinians of the twentieth century. He
influenced the lives of generations of students as
a dean and professor of religion at Howard Uni¬
versity and as longtime president of Morehotise
College in Atlanta. In addition
10
his personal
achievements. Mays was also a mentor and
teacher to
Iulian
Bond, founder of the Student
Nonviolent
(
oordinatmg
(
ommittce; future
Atlanta mayor Maynard lackson;
u riter,
preacher.
and theologian Howard Washington
ľhurm.m:
and the Reverend Martin Luther King, |r. In this
comprehensive btograph} oi Mays,
lohn
I lerbert
Roper, St., chronicles the harsh realities ot Mavss
early life and career in the segregated South
,m¿
crafts .in inspirational, compelling portrait
ut
one
of the most influential African
uñaran
intellec¬
tuals in modern history.
Born at the turn of rhe century in rural
Edgefield County. South Carolina, Mays was
the youngest son of former slaws turned ten.uu
farmers. At just four vears ot age, he experienced
the brutal injustice
Ы
the Jim Crow era when he
witnessed rhe bloody
f898
Phoenix Riot, sparked
by black citizens attempts to exercise their vot¬
ing rights.
Despite the social and economic obstacles lie
encountered during his youth.
Мал
s
graduated
at the top of his high school class at South
( aro-
lina
State College. He continued his
educam»
at Bates College in Maine and the University el
Chicago s school of divinity, where he received
his masters
.ind
doctoral degrees. In 19ZJ Mays
was Ordained and served as the
pastor oí
the
Shiloh Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Mays taught in universities throughout
in
Orangeburg,
More-house College in Atlanta,
and Howard University in Washington,
[).(..
In
rhe early
1930s
Mays discovered the teachings
of Mohandas Gandhi and traveled to India
m
193^
to confer with him about his methods of
nonviolent protest. In
1940
Mays became the
president of Morehouse College, a position he
held for the next twenty-seven years. After retir¬
ing from Morehouse, M.ivs served a.s chairman
of the Atlanta school board,
ubere he
continued
Ал
honorée
ot the South
Carolina
Hall
of
Kame
and recipient of forty-nine honorary
degrees. Mays strived tirelessly against racial preju¬
dices and social injustices diroughout his career.
In addition to his contributions to education and
theolog}.
Mays also worked uuh the National
I rban League to improve housing, employment.
he played a major role in the integration ot the
Young
Mens
Christian Association
1
YMCA).
With honest appreciation aad fervent admiration
for Mavss many accomplishments and lasting
legacy, Roper dettlv captures the heart and passion
ul
lus
subject, his lifelongquesi tor social equality,
and his unwavering faith in the potential tor good
in the .American people. The Magnificent Map is
distinguished by the author s keen attention to
rhe role of Christian theology and apologetics
in Mavss lite and career.
John Herbert Roper. Sr.. is the Richard¬
son Professor of American History aa Emory
&
Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He is the
author of five volumes of southern history, in¬
cluding the
biographies
C. Vann
Woodward,
the South,
th
Carolina State
í
tilitłnłiui.
South
Carolin
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