1988
The article highlights the inhumane working conditions and racist policies at the Samsons and Delilah manufacturing plants located in Georgia, where most of the 650 workers are African American women, and the call to action for support and solidarity with the workers who have recently voted to unionize and are facing violation of state and federal civil, rights, and labor laws by the owner, S. Lichtenburg and Company, Inc. 1 page.
Labor, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African Americans--Civil rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1985--03-08
The 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March was successful in generating community support and bringing attention to ongoing issues in voter registration and civil rights, with a delegation of Black leaders meeting with Alabama Governor George Wallace to discuss abolishing at-large election schemes, expanding job opportunities for Blacks, and the upcoming trial of the Perry County 3, while a survey conducted by the Black Women's Voter Project of VEP found that over 90% of Black women interviewed said they have seen the need to continue voter registration efforts because of the march. 3 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1981-09-17
Press release on a coalition of civil rights organizations was joined by Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson in announcing support for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which would extend the Act through 1992 and provide a new way for jurisdictions covered by the Act to "bail-out" if they can prove they have not had discriminatory voting practices for the ten years before the bail-out suit. 2 pages.
African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1981-08-28
Press release on a rally planned by a coalition consisting of the VEP, NAACP, SCLC, and GABEO in support of the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which will feature prominent civil rights activists and political figures, including Congressman Walter Fauntroy, and highlights the importance of minority political participation in the political process. 2 pages.
African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1981-06-23
Press release on Mrs. Geraldine G. Thompson, executive director of the VEP, testified before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee, calling the Voting Rights Act "the most effective civil rights legislation ever passed" and stating that the key provisions of the Act should be extended if minorities are to achieve full equality in the political system. 5 pages.
African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1981-06-19
Press release on Geraldine G. Thompson being appointed as the Executive Director of the Voter Education Project, Inc. 6 pages.
African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1977-09
Written on verso: Vivian Malone Jones, VEP Executive Director, J. Stanley Alexander, VEP Research, September 1977.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1976/1983
Portrait of an unidentified VEP Worker.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1976-08-31
The Federal Election Commission authorized the League of Women Voters to sponsor the proposed presidential campaign debates between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, which are expected to cost $150,000 each and start about the third week in September, but there remains a question regarding the role of independent candidates like conservative Lister Maddox and liberal Eugene McCarthy, who have indicated they will go to court if necessary to force the networks to give them equal time with the two major candidates. 1 page.
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1974/1981
Vivian Malone Jones heads a VEP group meeting.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1974/1981
Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and woman in her office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1974/1981
Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and women in her office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1974/1981
Vivian Malone Jones talks holding a microphone.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Two unidentified women record notes outside of a building.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
A woman stands at a counter and writes.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
1972/1978
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
