Benjamin E. Mays - Old Mt Zion Baptist Church - Greenwood County, SC
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Located at the Old Mt Zion Baptist Church near Callison, SC. This marker contains one of Dr. Mays' memorable poems.
Waymark Code: WMK77B
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2014
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Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was a United States minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 to 1967. Mays 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.
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In Memory of
Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays
Aug 1, 1895
March 28, 1984
Educator - Humanitarian - Christian Statesman
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
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