Insight into Benjamin E. Mays, Howard Thurman, and Bayard Rustin can help develop a better appreciation of Dr. Martin Luther ...

Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in 1894 to former slaves. Inspired by Frederick Douglas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Booker T. Washington, Mays became a Baptist minister, earned a Ph.D. from the ...

The vibe at this year’s MLK Day keynote was the “fierce urgency of now,” as keynote speaker Erica Chenoweth and Bates President Garry W. Jenkins each reflected on the challenges and imperatives of ...

Named in honor of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., the MMUF was established in 1988 to reduce the underrepresentation of minorities with faculty rank with higher education ...

LEWISTON, Maine — Bates College in Lewiston was one of many institutions across the U.S. that celebrated the life of civil ...

If we love Martin Luther King Jr., and respect him, as this crowd surely testifies, let us see to it that he did not die in vain; let us see to it that we do not dishonor his name by trying to solve ...

Inspired by many, including Dr. Benjamin Mays, a former president of Morehouse College, Robinson found purpose in building the museum. “He said, some people are called to do things unique ...

He entered Morehouse College in 1944 and forged a lifelong friendship with his teacher, Benjamin Mays. Together with his father's influence, it was partly his respect for Mays which led him to the ...

Known as the principal founder of the civil rights movement, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves. FOX Carolina's Justin Dougherty speaks with Dr.

Known as the principal founder of the civil rights movement, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves. We're learning how to make an aesthetically ...

Thurman, Mays and Rustin encouraged King to study Mahatma Gandhi and see the intellectual and spiritual power of the philosophy of nonviolence as a viable tool in the struggle for freedom ...