picture of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays with childhood home and Morehouse College pictures in background. Documentary credits listed at bottom.
graphic for the doc screening The Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, ft. Special Guest Ambassador Andrew J. Young and event speakers Gary Bennett, PhD; Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD; Tyson Brown, PhD; and Deondra Rose, PhD.
event’s co-sponsors: Gleamns Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site, NAACP Duke University, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Duke Divinity School Black Church Studies, and Duke National Pan-Hellenic Council. The graphic gives thanks.

Explore Dr. Mays’s lasting influence as an educator, mentor, and civil rights leader, his relationship with Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, and the enduring importance of mentorship and opportunities for student scholarship. A panel discussion will follow the documentary. This event is part of We the People: A Duke and Durham Initiative.

WHEN

WHERE

November 12, 2026
5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Karsh Alumni & Visitors Center

2080 Duke University Rd
Durham, NC 27708