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In this first full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984), Randal Maurice Jelks chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his ""spiritual and intellectual father."" Dean of the Howard University School of Religion, president of Morehouse College, and mentor to influential black leaders, Mays had a profound impact on the education of the leadership of the black church and of a generation of activists, policymakers, and educators. Jelks argues that Mays's ability to connect the message of Christianity with the responsibility to challenge injustice prepared the black chu

African Americans --- African American educators --- Afro-American educators --- Educators, African American --- Educators --- Civil rights. --- Mays, Benjamin E. --- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) --- Atlanta University Center (Ga.). --- Presidents