African-American social worker and civil rights activist
Sadie Gray Mays |
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Sadie Gray Mays, from a 1924 publication. |
Born | Sadie M. Gray August 5, 1900
Gray, Jones County, Georgia |
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Died | October 10 1969
Atlanta, Georgia |
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Nationality | American |
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Occupation | social worker |
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Years active | 1930s-1960s |
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Known for | Sadie G. Mays Health and Rehabilitation Center in Atlanta |
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Sadie Gray Mays (August 5, 1900 – October 10, 1969) was an African-American social worker, trained at the University of Chicago. As the wife of Benjamin Mays, she was also a prominent Baptist minister's wife, a college president's wife (at Morehouse College, from 1940 to 1967), and a civil rights activist.