Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29.

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Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727125

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Benjamin E. Mays on November 29, 1978 in which he discusses Atlanta sit-ins; influence of Greensboro (N.C.) sit-ins; Montgomery bus boycott and Martin Luther King; Mays' background; Appeal for Human Rights; Council of Presidents; student leaders; academic allowances; Mays meeting with Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Born to Rebel; segregation at lunch counters; Warren United Methodist Church meeting; recommendations of Morehouse board of trustees; Mays' role in bailing students out of jail; segregation; impact of Civil Rights Act; Ivan Allen; importance of voting; March on Washington; impact of Dr. King on sit-ins; congressional investigations regarding King assassination; Dr. King and Vietnam War pacifism; David Lewis; Black Power movement; non-violence; and the Peachtree Courier.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (29 p.)

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406272

Georgia State University

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