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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Helen Minor Timmons [?], circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Helen Minor Timmons [?].
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Helen Minor Timmons [?].
Portrait of a Lady by Laura W. Waring, circa 1950
1945/1955
Portrait of a Lady by Laura W. Waring.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Portrait of a Lady by Laura W. Waring.
Lillian Pillow, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Mrs. Lillian Pillow.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mrs. Lillian Pillow.
Radue [?] Phelps, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Radue [?] Phelps.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Radue [?] Phelps.
June Thalion [?] Martin, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: June Thalion [?] Martin.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: June Thalion [?] Martin.
Rose Piper, circa 1948
1945/1949
Written on verso: Rose Piper, 304 West 11th Street, New York City.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Rose Piper, 304 West 11th Street, New York City.
Samella Sanders, circa 1947
1944/1949
Written on verso: Samella Sanders, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Samella Sanders, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
Martina Washington, circa 1946
1944/1949
Written on verso: Martina Washington.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Martina Washington.
Celestine Johnson Dorch, circa 1945
1944/1946
Written on verso: Dorch.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Dorch.
Maude Crawford Blackwood, December 6, 1944
1944-12-06
Written on verso: Maude Crawford Blackwood, honorably discharged from U. S. Army, December 6, 1944.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Maude Crawford Blackwood, honorably discharged from U. S. Army, December 6, 1944.
Lillian Dorsey, March 16, 1944
1944-03-16
Written on verso: Lillian Dorsey, 62 E. 100 Street Apt.11, New York, NY, 3/16/44.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Lillian Dorsey, 62 E. 100 Street Apt.11, New York, NY, 3/16/44.
Charlotte F. White, March 1944
1944-03
Written on verso: Charlotte F. White, March, 1944.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Charlotte F. White, March, 1944.
"How to Register and Vote in North Carolina", 1944
1944
Booklet outlining the processes of registering and voting in North Carolina, and explaining they types of candidates, as well as dispelling false ideas on voting. 20 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Voting, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Booklet outlining the processes of registering and voting in North Carolina, and explaining they types of candidates, as well as dispelling false ideas on voting. 20 pages.
Dorothy Crawford, circa 1945
1943/1949
Written on verso: Mrs. Dorothy Crawford, 835 Clay Street, Topeka Kansas.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mrs. Dorothy Crawford, 835 Clay Street, Topeka Kansas.
Frankie Webb, circa 1945
1943/1948
Written on verso: Frankie Webb, 11401 South Ashland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Frankie Webb, 11401 South Ashland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Eunice Johnson, circa 1945
1943/1948
Written on verso: Eunice Johnson, 634 Golden Street, Topeka, Kansas.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Eunice Johnson, 634 Golden Street, Topeka, Kansas.
Ida Alexander, circa 1944
1943/1945
Written on verso: Ida Alexander.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Ida Alexander.
Ida Jean Alexander, circa 1944
1943/1945
Written on verso: Ida Jean Alexander, 41 1/2 Heldman Street, PA.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Ida Jean Alexander, 41 1/2 Heldman Street, PA.
Ida J. Alexander, circa 1944
1942/1948
Written on verso: Ida J. Alexander 41 1/2 Heldman Street Pittsburg, PA.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Ida J. Alexander 41 1/2 Heldman Street Pittsburg, PA.
Frankie Webb, circa 1945
1942/1947
Written on verso: Frankie Webb, 11401 South Ashland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Frankie Webb, 11401 South Ashland Street, Chicago, Illinois.