People Benjamin E. Mays
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Benjamin E. Mays
Educator and minister; president of Morehouse College (1940–1967)
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Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894–1984) was the first dean of Howard University's School of Religion (1934–1940), then led Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967. He mentored Martin Luther King Jr., who called him his "spiritual father," and delivered King's eulogy in 1968. He later chaired the Atlanta Board of Education (1969–1978).