By Rick Badie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta/State News
November 14, 2010
Ella Mae Brayboy was a legend in voter registration in Georgia.
In 1964, the Atlanta native became one of Georgia's first black deputy voter registrars. She registered a record 10,000 black voters during that decade, according to a 2000 article that appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Her life was consumed by activism. She worked as a congressional aide to former U.S. Rep. Andrew Young. Former Gov. Joe Frank Harris appointed her to one of the first commissions to oversee the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. She was director of community affairs for the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for 15 years.
"She is known as the Godmother of voter registration," Kerry Ramsey of Atlanta said. "She worked with the SCLC and Dr. King's voter registration drive. That gives you an idea of how far back she goes."
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