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b'The GLEAMNS Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site has been established on the campus of GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission\\xa0 is located in the old African-American Brewer Hospital, the site and source of African-American healthcare in Greenwood County before desegregation.\\xa0 The site, adjacent to and part of the old Brewer School\\xa0has its origins back to 1872, was chosen because of its historical significance to black life in Greenwood County.\\xa0 The birth home of Dr. Mays, previously listed as one of South Carolina\\u2019s Eleven Most Endangered Properties, was originally located in a pasture in SE Greenwood County in the community of Epworth.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nThe site includes the original Burns Spring School from the Epworth area that is identical to the Brickhouse School that Dr. Mays attended as a child. The Barn that serves as modern museum. The museum captures Dr. Mays\\u2019 life in over 100 professionally framed photos and contains many of his personal items. The museum contains a theatre that seats fifty-five and is equipped with TV/DVD system that allows visitors to the site to hear and see films, speeches and sermons by and about Dr. Mays and his extraordinary life.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nChristopher B. Thomas is a native of Sacramento, CA and was educated in the Sacramento public schools. He has lived in Greenwood, SC since 2007. He hold a Bachelors of Arts in History from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Theology from Liberty University. He is an ordained Elder in the Church of God In Christ and is celebrating his 25th years in public ministry. He currently is the Director of the GLEAMNS Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site in Greenwood, SC, and senior pastor of Faith Fellowship Community Church of God In Christ in Greenwood, SC.'