United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981894/1984After a period of decline during the 1930s, Morehouse College emerged as a thriving institution under the guidance of Benjamin Mays, who served as the school's president from 1940 until 1967. During his tenure, Mays encouraged both faculty and students, including the young Martin Luther King Jr., to become involved in the civil rights movement.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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/morehouse-collegeForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/morehouse-collegeForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCivil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaCollege presidents--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American college administrators--Georgia--AtlantaWindows--Georgia--AtlantaEducators--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American educators--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American men--Georgia--AtlantaEyeglasses--Georgia--AtlantaMorehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)Benjamin MaysStillImage