Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography

by Randal Maurice Jelks

Book Overview

In this first full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984), Randal Maurice Jelks 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469613913
• ISBN13: 9781469613918
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"