Mays, Benjamin Elijah
1894-1984 · Contribution: 1940-1967
Education
President of Morehouse College for 27 years; widely regarded as Martin Luther King Jr.'s most influential personal mentor and 'intellectual father'
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Impact on the world
Mays transformed Morehouse into a premier institution and shaped the young Martin Luther King Jr. so profoundly that his influence runs through the entire civil-rights movement.
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- Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
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