Sadie Gray Mays

And I, I want to start out by saying what I really like about both Lillian and Paula is that they didn't like swoop into kind of activism roles and, and, you know, take over or like try to be these white saviors, right? They really worked within, um, you know, grassroots organizations and other Black institutions that were already established and, and really were more of a supportive role.

Um, you know, whether that was with W.E.B. Du Bois or they were, they're, Lillian was very good friends, um, with Dr. Benjamin Mays and Sadie Mays, the, the, the president and first lady of Morehouse.

And I think, I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that that's the way she actually gets introduced to MLK because Mays is of course, uh, MLK's, um, mentor through Morehouse.

But I start out the book with the fact that Martin Luther King had just had dinner, both he and Coretta had dinner, had Lillian over for their, for dinner at their house.

Du Bois or they were, they were...

Lillian was very good friends, um, with Dr. Benjamin Mays and Sadie Mays, the f- the, the president and first lady of Morehouse.

And I think, I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that that's the way she actually gets introduced to MLK, w- because Mays is, of course, uh, MLK's, um, mentor through Morehouse.

But I start out the book with the fact that Martin Luther King had just had dinner, both he and Coretta had had dinner, had Lillian over for their, for dinner at their house, and he's driving Lillian back to Emory Hospital to get her cancer treatments, and is pulled over in downtown Decatur, uh, by a policeman who sees a white woman in the car and then realizes it's Lillian Smith, and he knows who Lillian Smith is.

And I, I wanna start out by saying what I really like about both Lillian and Paula is that they didn't, like, swoop into kind of activism roles and, and, you know, take over or, like, try to be these white saviors, right? They really worked within, um, you know, grassroots organizations and other Black institutions that were already established and, and really were more of a supportive role, um, you know, whether that was with W.E.B.

Du Bois or they were, they were-- Lillian was very good friends, um, with Dr. Benjamin Mays and Sadie Mays, the f- the, the president and first lady of Morehouse.

And I think, I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that that's the way she actually gets introduced to MLK because Mays is, of course, uh, MLK's, um, mentor through Morehouse.

But I start out the book with the fact that Martin Luther King had just had dinner, both he and Coretta had dinner, had Lillian over for their, for dinner at their house, and he's driving Lillian back to Emory Hospital to get her cancer treatments and is pulled over in downtown Decatur, uh, by a policeman who sees a white woman in the car and then realizes it's Lillian Smith, and he knows who Lillian Smith is.