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“Transformative Politicized Activist Leadership in Atlanta, Georgia, 1964-1974: Dorothy Bolden, Ella Mae Brayboy and Pearlie Dove”

Sat, Sep 26, 8:30 to 9:50am, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Floor: 2, Savannah 2 (Level 2 Lobby)

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In 1963, Pearlie Dove was promoted from Director of Student Teaching to serve as the first black female chair in the Department of Education at Clark College, a historically black college/university located in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1964, Ella Mae Brayboy, a former food service worker, was appointed to serve as one of the first black Deputy Voter Registrars in the State of Georgia. In 1968, Dorothy Bolden, a black maid, founded the National Domestic Workers’ Union (NDWU) in Atlanta. This paper seeks to politicize Dove, Brayboy, and Bolden’s activism and their career paths. All three women became effective indigenous leaders through their career paths. The women developed vehicles to uplift their immediate community addressing ways to aid the underemployed, disfranchised, and segregated through economic empowerment, education, and voter registration. This influence them to acquire political acumen and clout on both the local and national levels.

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