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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 black president of the Atlanta School Board. Born to Rebel is the moving chronicle of his life, a story that interlaces achievement with the rebuke he continually confronted.

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Author:   Benjamin E. Mays ,  Orville Vernon Burton
Publisher:   University of Georgia Press
Imprint:   University of Georgia Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780820325231

ISBN 10:   0820325236
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   30 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

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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

""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

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

Author Information

Benjamin E. Mays, educated at Bates College and the University of Chicago, 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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