 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 yaKing yeNdine Chiroto paMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom muna 1963, Mays akapa chikomborero. Makore mashanu gare gare, pakaurayiwa Mambouye rufu, Mays akapa hurukuro yokurumbidza paakarondedzera Mambo muhurukuro yake yaiti Hapana Munhu Anotangira Nguva 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. 