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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VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified works behind a desk in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified works behind a desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified talks on a phone in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified talks on a phone in a VEP office.
John R. Lewis Talks to Voters, circa 1977
1975/1979
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
John R. Lewis Talks to Voters, circa 1977
1975/1979
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
John R. Lewis Talks to Voters, circa 1977
1975/1979
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
John R. Lewis sits in a living room and talks to women voters.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
Vivian Malone Jones with a Plaque, circa 1977
1975/1979
Vivian Malone Jones smiles and holds a plaque given to her at an event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones smiles and holds a plaque given to her at an event.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
Vivian Malone Jones Speaking, circa 1977
1975/1979
Vivian Malone Jones speaks from an "Atlanta Internationale" podium at an event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones speaks from an "Atlanta Internationale" podium at an event.
Event Speaker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman speaks from an "Atlanta Internationale" podium at an event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman speaks from an "Atlanta Internationale" podium at an event.
Group on a Lawn, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
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.
Group of VEP Workers, 1970
1970
A group of male and female VEP workers. Written on verso: Wilson County, Tennessee, 1970.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of male and female VEP workers. Written on verso: Wilson County, Tennessee, 1970.
Man and Woman with Students, circa 1970
1967/1973
A man and woman smile with two students wearing "Stewart County High School Knights" t-shirts.
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
A man and woman smile with two students wearing "Stewart County High School Knights" t-shirts.
Hallie Cain, circa 1970
1967/1973
Hallie Cain stands in a yard by a house. Written on verso: Mrs. Hallie Cain, age 87.
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
Hallie Cain stands in a yard by a house. Written on verso: Mrs. Hallie Cain, age 87.
Edgar L. Taplin and Evelyn G. Johnson, circa 1970
1966/1974
Written on verso: Edgar L. Taplin, Research Assistant, Evelyn G. Johnson, Secretary.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Edgar L. Taplin, Research Assistant, Evelyn G. Johnson, Secretary.
Councilwoman Florence Fagley and Others, circa 1970
1965/1973
Written on verso: Councilwoman Florence Fagley (center), Petersberg, VA, circa 1965-1973.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Councilwoman Florence Fagley (center), Petersberg, VA, circa 1965-1973.
Unidentified Woman, circa 1968
1964/1973
An unidentified woman speaks at a podium in front of a group.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people, Speeches
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman speaks at a podium in front of a group.
Unidentified Woman, circa 1968
1964/1972
An unidentified woman smiles.
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
An unidentified woman smiles.
Geneva Collins, circa 1965
1962/1968
Written on verso: Geneva Collins, "I hope you will be able to use this".
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
Written on verso: Geneva Collins, "I hope you will be able to use this".