Dr. Mays encouraged academic excellence and vigorously challenged segregation in schooling, housing, and employment. In addition to his own myriad of accomplishments, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was an ...

Benjamin Mays ’20 and the Rev. Martin Luther King promised each other: He who outlived the other would deliver his friend’s last eulogy. On April 9, 1968, Mays made good on the promise. Benjamin Mays ...

It’s been one year since violence at Benjamin E. Mays High School in Southwest Atlanta left a 16-year-old dead.

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves.

Known as the principal founder of the civil rights movement, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves.

Known as the principal founder of the civil rights movement, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves.

Known as the principal founder of the civil rights movement, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was born in 1894 in Greenwood County to parents who were ex-slaves.

Exactly year after four students were injured in an after-school shooting, Atlanta's Benjamin E. Mays High School is cutting ...

Earlier in the day, Atlanta Public Schools said Benjamin E. Mays High School and Jean Childs Young Middle School were under lockdown. At 4 p.m., the lockdown at both schools lifted. In an update ...

On Wednesday, school officials, students, and community partners unveiled a new wellness center to support students’ mental and emotional well-being.