 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekuda kwevadzidzi vadiki vekoreji, Mays pachake akarera vadzidzi vazhinji, kunyanya King; vaviri vacho vakatanga kusangana muna 1944. King aizivikanwa somwanakomana womudzimu waMays uye Mays sobaba vake vokunzwisisa. Pashure pehurukuro yaMambo inoti Ndine Chiroto paMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedommuna 1963, Mays akapa chikomborero chacho. Makore mashanu gare gare, pakaurayiwa uye kufa kwaMambo, Mays akapa hurukuro yekurumbidza kwaakatsanangura Mambo muhurukuro yake Hapana Munhu Ari Pamberi Penguva Yake. Mays akabva pachigaro che Morehouse muna 1967 achiramba achishanda semutungamiri munharaunda yeAfrica America kuburikidza nerwendo rwenyika. Akatungamira Atlanta Board of Education kubva muna 1969 kusvika muna 1978, apo akatanga rusaruro rwemarudzi rweAtlanta. 