- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Benjamin Mays
- Date of Original:
- 1894/1984
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
African American college administrators--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Benjamin Mays speaks with Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr.
Photograph of Benjamin Mays speaking with Atlanta, Georgia mayor Ivan Allen Jr. Both men wear tuxedos; Allen's suit is black, and Mays' tuxedo is white. Mays is perhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/m-3840/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/benjamin-mays-ca-1894-1984
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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