Correspondence from Morehouse President Benjamin E. Mays, April, 1960

Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984

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Title: Correspondence from Morehouse President Benjamin E. Mays, April, 1960
Author: Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Date: 1960-04
Decade: 1960-1969
Description: Two letters from Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, former president of Morehouse College. Both letters are to Albert Brinson at Atlanta University. The first letter is dated April 8th, 1960, about Dr. May's continuing to work to become a "Negro American" instead of an "American Negroes." The second letter, April 20th, 1960, was sent to Albert Brinson on Tanner Street. The letter discusses one of the Morehouse trustees, Dorothy Compton, meeting with the students who participated in the sit-down protest. Dr. Mays asks Brinson, with six other people, to meet with Compton in the Henderson Lounge in the Chemistry Building on Friday at 3:00 pm. 2 pages.
Subject: African American student movements
African American universities and colleges
African Americans--Civil rights
African American students
College presidents
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: correspondence
Collection: Atlanta Student Movement Collection
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:013
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.013:0046
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