a patron of the arts, said, “It was powerful and very well done; well written and well-acted. I did not realize the important role that Benjamin Mays played in the life of Dr. King.” ...

Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920, eulogy for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. To be honored by being requested to give the eulogy at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is like asking one to eulogize ...

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was an inspiration and advisor to his students, including Julian Bond, Andrew Young, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who referred to Dr. Mays as his "spiritual mentor." Learn ...

Of that which has been written about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., very ... face of a movement were taxing on the 29-year-old King. Thurman, Mays and Rustin encouraged King to study Mahatma ...

Five days after the Rev. Martin Luther King’s assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968, Baptist Minister Benjamin Mays delivered the ... eulogy at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

this debate honors the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mays, a 1920 Bates graduate, prominent debater, longtime Morehouse president, pioneer of the civil rights movement, and important mentor to Martin Luther King ...