Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1894-1984
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS134-010 The segregation decisions : papers read at a session of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Memphis Tennessee, November 10, 1955, 1956
Book — Box 1, Book: 10
Collection number: MS/134-010
Scope and Contents
William Faulkner, Benjamin Mays, Cecil Sims. Introduction by Bell Wiley. Significant because of essay by Faulkner, but Benjamin Mays is often called the spiritual mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Important document showing how prominent Southerners viewed early Court decisions concerning desegregation and hoe they viewed the future. (description by seller)
Dates:
1956