Very few Atlanta leaders saw the intersection of civil rights, education and youth development quite as clearly — and early — as Benjamin E. Mays. Why it matters: Mays, the longtime president ...

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

Otis McCollum a member of the Benjamin E. Mays Alumni Association said the school opened in 1953, however, the name was taken off the school in 1970 at the inception of mandator integration.

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

Biography of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in 1894 to former slaves. Inspired by Frederick Douglas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Booker T. Washington, Mays became a Baptist minister, ...

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

A live broadcast of Benjamin E. Mays High's football game against Douglas County showed an assistant coach strike a player in the stomach.

Home Depot donated a $10,000 grant to Benjamin E. Mays High School to create the center, along with additional in-kind donations from organizations such as Communities In Schools and individual ...

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

Greenwood, South Carolina’s Benjamin E. Mays’ influence and impact on American history between Reconstruction and the modern Civil Rights era are unparalleled.

PACOLET, S.C. (WSPA) – A historic school is becoming a community center in Pacolet. The Benjamin E. Mays Consolidated School was one of the first schools named after the minister and civil ...