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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  • Decade = 1970-1979
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"Hear Vivian Malone Jones, VEP Executive Director", 1977
1977
Voter mobilization rally promoting speaker Vivian Malone Jones. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter mobilization rally promoting speaker Vivian Malone Jones. 1 page.
"Election Law Changes in Cities and Counties in Georgia", May 1976
1976-05
This manual, compiled under a grant from the Voter Education Project (VEP), provides a list of significant election law changes in Georgia cities and counties since the effective date of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, with information on the status of legislation under Section 5 and limitations of the study, serving as a guide for notable changes in city and county election systems in Georgia, while recommending further consultation with the Federal Review of Voting Changes for questions about the mechanics of Section 5. 12 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Voting, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
This manual, compiled under a grant from the Voter Education Project (VEP), provides a list of significant election law changes in Georgia cities and counties since the effective date of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, with information on the status of legislation under Section 5 and limitations of the study, serving as a guide for notable changes in city and county election systems in Georgia, while recommending further consultation with the Federal Review of Voting Changes for questions about the mechanics of Section 5. 12 pages.
"A Beginners Notebook on Political Participation", March 1976
1976-03
A Beginners Notebook on Political Participation, by VEP and the Interdenominational Theological Center Rural Black Church and Community Leadership Training Program, Illustrated by Avery Miller. 23 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Voting, African American churches
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A Beginners Notebook on Political Participation, by VEP and the Interdenominational Theological Center Rural Black Church and Community Leadership Training Program, Illustrated by Avery Miller. 23 pages.
"Your Future Could Be Up in the Air, Register and Vote!", circa 1978
1975/1979
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting a supreme court member balancing a house with the "Bakke Decision" hovering over. The Bakke Decision was were the Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting a supreme court member balancing a house with the "Bakke Decision" hovering over. The Bakke Decision was were the Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. 1 page.
"Keep the Wolves from Your Door, Register and Vote!", circa 1978
1975/1979
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting wolves at a door representing welfare, oppression, unemployment, etc. to those who don't heed the call to represent one selves and vote. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting wolves at a door representing welfare, oppression, unemployment, etc. to those who don't heed the call to represent one selves and vote. 1 page.
"The Hand That Drops the Ballot Rules His World", circa 1978
1975/1979
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting a hand dropping a ballot in a voting box, encouraging voters to vote for their issues and causes. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sketch of a Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project flyer from Crosett, AR, depicting a hand dropping a ballot in a voting box, encouraging voters to vote for their issues and causes. 1 page.
Resolution Urging Congress to Permanently Extend Voting Rights Act, January 1975
1975-01
A resolution by the Atlanta City Council urging the United States Congress to permanently extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to the ballot, increased Black registration and the number of Black elected officials in the South, and insured meaningful participation in registration and voting. 1 page.
Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A resolution by the Atlanta City Council urging the United States Congress to permanently extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to the ballot, increased Black registration and the number of Black elected officials in the South, and insured meaningful participation in registration and voting. 1 page.
"Voting Rights Rally and March", 1975
1975
Flyer and memo advertising a meeting with Coretta King, Julian Bond, and John Lewis, as well as a chartered bus service to Selma, Alabama for the 10th anniversary of commemoration of "Bloody Sunday". 2 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting, African American civil rights workers, African American civic leaders
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Flyer and memo advertising a meeting with Coretta King, Julian Bond, and John Lewis, as well as a chartered bus service to Selma, Alabama for the 10th anniversary of commemoration of "Bloody Sunday". 2 pages.
"Through Hell at King Elbow", 1975
1975
The article discusses the work of John Lewis, head of the Voter Education Project, which aims to register Black voters in 11 southern states, and has added 2.5 million new Black voters to the voting lists since 1965, and the significance of the Voting Rights Act, including the recent extension of the act by the US House of Representatives and Ronald Reagan's denial of knowledge of the act. 1 page.
Voter registration, Voting, African American civic leaders, Race discrimination, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The article discusses the work of John Lewis, head of the Voter Education Project, which aims to register Black voters in 11 southern states, and has added 2.5 million new Black voters to the voting lists since 1965, and the significance of the Voting Rights Act, including the recent extension of the act by the US House of Representatives and Ronald Reagan's denial of knowledge of the act. 1 page.
"This Is No Time To Strike Out, Register and Vote", circa 1976
1974/1979
Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project depicting a baseball player. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project depicting a baseball player. 1 page.
Focus: The New Frontier in Our Cities, Vol. 3, No. 1, November 1974
1974-11
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on extending the Voting Rights Act and urban homesteading. 16 pages.
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on extending the Voting Rights Act and urban homesteading. 16 pages.
Focus: Voting Rights Act of 1975, Vol. 2, No. 7, May 1974
1974-05
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on the Voting Rights Act of 1975. 8 pages.
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on the Voting Rights Act of 1975. 8 pages.
"Voter Rally, John Lewis and Hosea Williams", 1974
1974
Flyer for a voter rally featuring John Lewis and Hosea Williams in Selma Alabama, along with a VEP request for payment form. 2 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting, African American civil rights workers, African American civic leaders
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Flyer for a voter rally featuring John Lewis and Hosea Williams in Selma Alabama, along with a VEP request for payment form. 2 pages.
VEP Information Service Handbook, 1974
1974
Booklet describing the VEP Information Service and how it collects, stores, and disseminates data and statistics to electorate and news organizations. Includes evaluation and reporting forms. 35 pages.
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civil rights workers, Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Booklet describing the VEP Information Service and how it collects, stores, and disseminates data and statistics to electorate and news organizations. Includes evaluation and reporting forms. 35 pages.
"Warning, Nonparticipation in Government May be Hazardous to Your Health", circa 1975
1972/1978
Flyer urging voter participation to stand up for citizens rights like safe roadways and bridges. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Flyer urging voter participation to stand up for citizens rights like safe roadways and bridges. 1 page.
"Today Most Americans Take Voting Rights for Granted", circa 1975
1972/1978
VEP flyer asking for donations to help place registration projects in underserved communities. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP flyer asking for donations to help place registration projects in underserved communities. 1 page.
"How to Register in Louisiana", circa 1975
1972/1978
Prepared by the Louisiana Voter Education Project, text by Edgar L. Taplin, Jr., illustrated by Adrienne Cador, on the procedures to register to vote and voting rights of Black people in the state. 12 pages.
Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Prepared by the Louisiana Voter Education Project, text by Edgar L. Taplin, Jr., illustrated by Adrienne Cador, on the procedures to register to vote and voting rights of Black people in the state. 12 pages.
"Black Voter Registration Efforts in the South" by John Lewis and Archie E. Allen, October 1972
1972-10
Notre Dame Lawyer, Vol.48/No.1, article about how the history of Black political participation in the United States has been a constant struggle against barriers erected to prevent their enfranchisement, with Reconstruction providing a brief period of progress, but subsequent disfranchisement efforts, and the ongoing fight for political empowerment in the South has the potential to bring about meaningful change and liberation for Black people. 29 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Voting, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Notre Dame Lawyer, Vol.48/No.1, article about how the history of Black political participation in the United States has been a constant struggle against barriers erected to prevent their enfranchisement, with Reconstruction providing a brief period of progress, but subsequent disfranchisement efforts, and the ongoing fight for political empowerment in the South has the potential to bring about meaningful change and liberation for Black people. 29 pages.
"Barriers to the Black Political Participation in North Carolina" by William H. Towe, March 1972
1972-03
VEP booklet outlining the barriers to voting at the local and state levels, and the efforts at the courts and polls to remove those barriers. 68 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Voting, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP booklet outlining the barriers to voting at the local and state levels, and the efforts at the courts and polls to remove those barriers. 68 pages.
Summary and Text: The Voting Rights Act, September 1971
1971-09
This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration, and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970. 29 pages.
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration, and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970. 29 pages.