The magnificent Mays : a biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays / John Herbert Roper, Sr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roper, John Herbert, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.

Mays, Benjamin E.

Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Presidents--Biography.

Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.).

African American educators--Biography.

African American educators.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive biography of a dedicated civil rights activist and distinguished South Carolinian.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Getting Dr. Payne

1 Seed of James, Branch of Prophets and Judges, 1894-1898

2 The Ravening Wolf, 1898

3 A Rambo Boy after the Riot, 1898-1911

4 The Student, 1911-1917

5 Wisdom in Northern Light, 1918-1919

6 For Every Time There Is a Season, 1920-1924

7 My Times Are in Thy Hands, 1924-1926

8 New Negroes on Detour, 1926-1934

9 The Great Commission and Its Filling, 1934-1936

10 In the Nation's Capital, 1936-1940

11 In My Father's House, 1940-1947

12 "To your tents," 1948-1967

13 "Myne owne familiar friend," 1968

14 Leave Me a Double Portion, 1969-1984

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613808806

9781282165731

1282165739

9781611171846

1611171849

OCLC:

808382021