Born to Rebel
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Born to Rebel by Benjamin E Mays
Born the son of a sharecropper in 1894 near Ninety Six, South Carolina, Benjamin E. Mays went on to serve as president of Morehouse College for twenty-seven years and as the first president of the Atlanta School Board. His earliest memory, of a lynching party storming through his county, taunting but not killing his father, became for Mays an enduring image of black-white relations in the South. Born to Rebel is the moving chronicle of his life, a story that interlaces achievement with the rebuke he continually confronted.
An inspiring chronicle of a black man who refused to be subjugated to and by the System- Coretta Scott King; ""Mays's life exemplifies a tradition of excellence."" - New York Review of Books; ""Mays' account of the lot of Negroes during his youth - and during most of his adult life, too - is a factual recital and a terrible indictment."" - New Yorker
BENJAMIN E. MAYS (1894-1984) was educated at Bates College and the University of Chicago. He was a dean at Howard University, president of Morehouse College, and president of the Atlanta School Board. His books include The Negro's Church and Disturbed about Man.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820325231 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820325236 |
| Title | Born to Rebel |
| Author | Benjamin E Mays |
| Series | Brown Thrasher Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 2003-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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