The Voter Education Project (VEP) began in 1962 as part of the Southern Regional Council. Initially VEP granted funds to civil rights organizations to support voter education, voter registration drives, and voting-related research. In 1964, Vernon Jordan, the second executive director of the VEP, expanded the programs goals to include citizenship training, voter education, and leadership training in the southern United States, while continuing to provide funds to independent voter and civil rights groups, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the League of Women Voters. The VEP’s work with the League of Women Voters is highlighted in the materials below. In 1971, VEP under the leadership of John Lewis, became an independent organization and functioned as a research center and became known as an authoritative source for statistics on southern elections and voter registration in general. Lewis also forged the VEP into an activist organization, launching Voter Mobilization Tours with Georgia state legislator and civil rights advocate Julian Bond. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Sep 4, 2020

Voter Education Project Organizational Records

The Voter Education Project (VEP) began in 1962 as part of the Southern Regional Council. Initially VEP granted funds to civil rights organizations to support voter education, voter registration drives, and voting-related research. In 1964, Vernon Jordan, the second executive director of the VEP, expanded the programs goals to include citizenship training, voter education, and leadership training in the southern United States, while continuing to provide funds to independent voter and civil rights groups, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the League of Women Voters. The VEP’s work with the League of Women Voters is highlighted in the materials below. In 1971, VEP under the leadership of John Lewis, became an independent organization and functioned as a research center and became known as an authoritative source for statistics on southern elections and voter registration in general. Lewis also forged the VEP into an activist organization, launching Voter Mobilization Tours with Georgia state legislator and civil rights advocate Julian Bond.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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Vivian Malone Jones and J. Stanley Alexander, September 1977
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Vivian Malone Jones, VEP Executive Director, J. Stanley Alexander, VEP Research, September 1977.
Unidentified VEP Worker, circa 1979
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Portrait of an unidentified VEP Worker.
Vivian Malone Jones with VEP Group, circa 1977
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones heads a VEP group meeting.
Vivian Malone Jones in Her Office, circa 1977
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and woman in her office.
Vivian Malone Jones in Her Office, circa 1977
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and women in her office.
Vivian Malone Jones, circa 1977
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones talks holding a microphone.
Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
Two Women, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women record notes outside of a building.
People seated outside, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
Woman Working, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands at a counter and writes.
Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975
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
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Woman Working, circa 1975
1972/1978
A woman stands at a counter and writes with a map in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands at a counter and writes with a map in the background.
Women Working, circa 1975
1972/1978
Two women work at a desk
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two women work at a desk
Unidentified Woman, circa 1975
1972/1978
A woman stands outside of a building.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands outside of a building.
Group of VEP Workers, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of female VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of female VEP workers.
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975
1972/1978
Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium.
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975
1972/1978
Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church.
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975
1972/1978
Coretta Scott King listens to a speaker in a church.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King listens to a speaker in a church.