Title |
Date Created |
Description |
Subject |
Collection |
"Expert Says Voting Rights Denied Eleven Years Marked Victory", November 13, 1976 |
1976-11-13 |
Article on the 1976 election, and how the VEP made spot-checks of predominantly Black precincts in each of the 11 southern states and determined that, on average, between 60 and 70 percent of all registered Blacks turned out to vote, with over 95 percent estimated to have voted for Jimmy Carter for President. 1 page. |
African American civil rights workers, Political participation, Political science |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Combat Veterans Relive Civil Rights Campaigns", November 10, 1976 |
1976-11-10 |
Article on a group of combat veterans, who were formerly foot-soldiers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, gathered to relive the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, and talked about the early days of the organization and their struggles, and reflected on their current involvement in good causes, such as elected politics, labor organizing, community projects, and health care. 1 page. |
African American civil rights workers, Political participation, Political science |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Voter Education Project on Voter Mobilization Tour", September 19, 1976 |
1976-09-19 |
The VEP launched a voter mobilization tour which aimed to visit all 11 southern states before election day, and featured a combination of voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, with a focus on educating and motivating nonparticipating segments of society to take an active role in selecting government leaders and having a voice in decisions affecting collective lives. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Women Voters to Sponsor Debates", August 31, 1976 |
1976-08-31 |
The Federal Election Commission authorized the League of Women Voters to sponsor the proposed presidential campaign debates between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, which are expected to cost $150,000 each and start about the third week in September, but there remains a question regarding the role of independent candidates like conservative Lister Maddox and liberal Eugene McCarthy, who have indicated they will go to court if necessary to force the networks to give them equal time with the two major candidates. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American women |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Drive to Register Blacks is Opened", August 25, 1976 |
1976-08-25 |
A coalition of labor and civil rights groups called the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation has launched Operation Big Vote, a bipartisan registration drive aimed at registering millions of Black voters who have never voted before, with Democrats Jimmy Carter and Walter F. Mondale likely to be the major beneficiaries of any increase in Black voter participation. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Labor |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
John Lewis, July 29, 1976 |
1976-07-29 |
John Lewis, Executive Director of the Atlanta-based Voter Education Project, displays Proclamations from Governors of ten southern states designating July as �Voter registration Month�. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Permanent Voting Rights Protection Needed", April 1975 |
1975-04 |
John Lewis testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, stating that the southern states had not complied with the Voting Rights Act, and permanent voting rights protection was needed, as citizenship education efforts had been hampered by noncompliance with the Act. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |