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

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From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin E. Mays : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527874

Benjamin E. Mays (1895- ), president of Morehouse College during the Atlanta 1960-1961 sit-ins.

From the description of Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727125

President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., from 1940 until 1967; native of Epworth, in Greenwood County, S.C.

From the description of Benjamin E. Mays vertical files, 1925-1997. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44555754

Educator; interviewee d.1984.

From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin Elijah Mays : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565318
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creatorOf Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1972. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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creatorOf Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984. Reminiscences of Benjamin E. Mays : oral history, 1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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referencedIn Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-. Elbert P. Tuttle oral history interview, 1992 Apr. 17. Georgia State University
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creatorOf Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984,. Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29. Georgia State University
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referencedIn March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Benjamin E. Mays collection, 1914-1998. South Carolina State University, Miller F. Whittak, Miller F. Whittaker Library
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creatorOf Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984. Benjamin E. Mays vertical files, 1925-1997. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
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Birth 1894-08-01

Death 1984-03-28

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