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Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement
Randal Maurice Jelks
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Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
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. Jelks argues that Mays's ability to connect the message of Christianity with the responsibility to challenge injustice prepared the black church for its pivotal role in the civil rights movement. ... Read more
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. Jelks argues that Mays's ability to connect the message of Christianity with the responsibility to challenge injustice prepared the black church for its pivotal role in the civil rights movement. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469613918
SKU
V9781469613918
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About Randal Maurice Jelks
Randal Maurice Jelks` is associate professor of American Studies and African American Studies at the University of Kansas, USA and author of African Americans in the Furniture City: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids.
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