| Title | Date Created | Author | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "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 | |
| Administrative and Legal Barriers to Minority Political Participation, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | List of administrative and legal barriers to minority political participation, which was included in the VEP's "Election Notebook." In the past, minorities in the Southern states faced a number of barriers to registering to vote and voting, including purges and reregistration, discriminatory location of polling places, intimidation and exclusion of minority poll workers, and legal barriers such as at-large voting requirements and malapportioned election districts. These barriers made it difficult for minorities to participate in the political process and undermined their right to vote. 1 page. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "J.B. Stoner", August 15, 1972 | 1972-08-15 | Lewis, John R. | Public address written by John R. Lewis urging people to renounce the racially-repugnant sentiments of Georgia politician J.B. Stoner and register to vote in order to protect their interests, written August 15, 1972. 3 pages. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government, Race discrimination | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "U.S. Policies Fuel Black Hostility", July 9, 1969 | 1969-07-09 | A note accompanying a copy of a newspaper article regarding a meeting of Black leaders and racial discrimination in the South. 2 pages. | Voting, Political participation, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Rustin Sees 'Community Control' Unable to Solve Ghetto Problems", March 29, 1969 | 1969-03-29 | A newspaper clipping with an article describing the National Civil Liberties Clearing House's annual meeting. 1 page. | Voting, Political participation, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Mayoralty May Rest on Annexation Bill", January 18, 1969 | 1969--01-18 | Hurst, Margaret | Atlanta legislators are drafting a bill to annex Sandy Springs to the city without a referendum, which could greatly enhance the chances of a Republican becoming Atlanta's next mayor; however, Negro community leaders are reluctant to support the move, which would dilute their influence in the upcoming mayoral election, and the proposed ward-based election system for half of Atlanta's aldermen and all of its school board members is opposed by Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. as one of the "most detrimental practices in American politics." 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civic leaders, Political participation, Race discrimination | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Odyssey of a Man, And a Movement", June 25, 1967 | 1967-06-25 | A newspaper clipping of a profile of John Lewis. 6 pages. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Race discrimination | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "King Reminds Rally of Great Strides", March 31, 1964 | 1964-03-31 | A newspaper clipping describing a rally led by Martin Luther King, Jr.. 1 page. | Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Brewster Aiming at Wallace Vote", March 24, 1964 | 1964-03-24 | A newspaper clipping describing Maryland Senator Daniel Brewster's plans to meet with Black integrationist leaders. 1 page. | Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
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.
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