Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University History Dissertations Department of History 8-8-2017 “Still Here”; The Enduring Legacies Of Dorothy Bolden, Ella Mae Wade Brayboy, And Pearlie Dove’s Community Leadership In Atlanta, 1964-2015 Christy C. Garrison Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss Recommended Citation Garrison, Christy C., "“Still Here”; The Enduring Legacies Of Dorothy Bolden, Ella Mae Wade Brayboy, And Pearlie Dove’s Community Leadership In Atlanta, 1964-2015." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2017. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/61 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of History at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “STILL HERE”; THE ENDURING LEGACIES OF DOROTHY BOLDEN, ELLA MAE WADE BRAYBOY, AND PEARLIE DOVE’S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN ATLANTA, 1964-2015 by CHRISTY CAROLINE GARRISON Under the Direction of Jacqueline A. Rouse, PhD ABSTRACT This dissertation examines the enduring leadership of community activists Dorothy Bolden, Ella Mae Wade Brayboy, and Pearlie Dove from 1964 until 2015. Brayboy was one of the first African-American Deputy Voter Registrars in the state of Georgia, Bolden founded the National Domestic Workers Union and Dove was the first woman to head the department of education at Clark College. This dissertation inserts Dorothy Bolden, Ella Mae Wade Brayboy, and Pearlie Dove into the classic Civil Rights Movement narrative by framing their community advocacy as equal to the efforts of Atlanta’s more well-known African-American leaders.