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Mays was a powerful, credible, smooth speaker who captured

 the audience's full attention in the first few minutes and held it until the end
 
 

 

Books by Benjamin E. Mays

 

Born to Rebel: An Autobiography /  Disturbed about Man  /   The Negro's God, As Reflected in His Literature 

 

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Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Speaks

Representative Speeches of a Great American Orator

Edited by Freddie C. Colston 

Contents

Foreword

     Benjamin E. Mays: An African American Spokesperson as an Agent of Political Socialization by Hanes Walton, Jr.                                                                                                                                vii 
Preface

xiii
Acknowledgements

xvii
Chapter 1  Introduction

1
Chapter 2  General Audiences

29
       Radio Address on the Seventy-Eighth Anniversary of Morehouse College

29
       The Liberal Arts College in an Atomic Age

32
       Why an Atlanta School Suit?

39
       Our Colleges and the Supreme Court Decision

44
       The Inauguration of President William H. Dennis, Jr.

50
       The Moral Aspects of Segregation

60
       Carolina Symposium on Public Affairs

67
       The Unlimited Task

73
       The Advantages of a Small, Christian, Private, Liberal Arts College

84
       Desegregation: An Opportunity and a Challenge

92
       An Impossible Dream Comes True

99
       Martin Luther King, Jr.

103
       Jimmy Carter

110
Chapter 3  Commencement Addresses

139
       The Paradox of Life

139
       The Challenge to Overcome the Major Disabilities of 341 Years in a Quarter of a Century

145
       A Crisis and a Challenge

155
       Twenty-Seven Years of Success and Failure at Morehouse

163
       The Universities' Unfinished Work

175
       The Challenge of the Seventies

182
       Three Enemies of Mankind: A Challenge to the University

189
       Education to What End?

195
Chapter 4  Sermons

203
       Except a Man be Born Again, he Cannot See the Kingdom of Heaven

203
       His Goodness Was Not Enough

207
       The Church Amidst Ethnic and Racial Tensions

213
       Why Jesus Called the Rich Man a Fool

224
       The Vocation of a Christian--In, But Not of, the World

229
       In What Shall We Glory?

234
       Why Should We Forgive?

240
Chapter 5  Eulogies

247
       Eulogy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

247
       Eulogy of Dr. Whitney Young, Jr.

254
       Eulogy of Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 258
Postscript

265
Bibliography

269
Index

273
About the Author

293
   
Source: Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Speaks  

 

 
 

Freddie C. Colston has published articles on politics and the black experience in professional journals. he was a student at Morehouse College during the presidency of Dr. Mays where he received his B.A. in political science in 1959. He received an M.A. from Atlanta University in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1972 from Ohio State University; both graduate degrees are in political science. He has done extensive research on the life and career of Dr. Mays since 1984. The author has taught political science at Fort Valley State university, Southern University, University of Detroit, Dillard University, Tennessee State University, North Carolina Central University, and Georgia Southwestern State University. In addition to his academic appointments, Professor Colston served a stint at the Executive Seminar Center, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he resides.

 

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