Civil rights activist, writer, theologian, preacher and educator, Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894--1984) was one of the most distinguished South Carolinians of the 20th century. He influenced the lives of generations of students as a dean and professor of religion at Howard Universit…
This biography chronicles the life of the civil rights activist, writer, theologian, preacher, and educator who influenced generations of students as a dean and professor of religion at Howard University and later as president of Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Civil rights activist, writer, theologian, preacher and educator, Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894--1984) was one of the most distinguished South Carolinians of the 20th century. He influenced the lives of generations of students as a dean and professor of religion at Howard Universit…