Benjamin Mays Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) African American college administrators--Georgia--Atlanta Windows--Georgia--Atlanta Educators--Georgia--Atlanta African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta Men--Georgia--Atlanta African American men--Georgia--Atlanta Eyeglasses--Georgia--Atlanta Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 Photograph of Benjamin Mays. He rests his chin on his left hand. He holds his eyeglasses. Mays was the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 until his retirement in 1967. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. New Georgia Encyclopedia Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) Black-and-white photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-8917 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1456 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.) Courtesy of Morehouse College.