| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsons and Delila: Slavery in Georgia, by Benjamin F. Chavis, 1988 | 1988 | The article highlights the inhumane working conditions and racist policies at the Samsons and Delilah manufacturing plants located in Georgia, where most of the 650 workers are African American women, and the call to action for support and solidarity with the workers who have recently voted to unionize and are facing violation of state and federal civil, rights, and labor laws by the owner, S. Lichtenburg and Company, Inc. 1 page. | Labor, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Reflections on the Selma March and Plans for the Future", March 8, 1985 | 1985--03-08 | The 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March was successful in generating community support and bringing attention to ongoing issues in voter registration and civil rights, with a delegation of Black leaders meeting with Alabama Governor George Wallace to discuss abolishing at-large election schemes, expanding job opportunities for Blacks, and the upcoming trial of the Perry County 3, while a survey conducted by the Black Women's Voter Project of VEP found that over 90% of Black women interviewed said they have seen the need to continue voter registration efforts because of the march. 3 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Mayor Maynard Jackson Joins Civil Rights Orgs in Campaign To Extend Voting Rights Act", September 17, 1981 | 1981-09-17 | Press release on a coalition of civil rights organizations was joined by Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson in announcing support for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which would extend the Act through 1992 and provide a new way for jurisdictions covered by the Act to "bail-out" if they can prove they have not had discriminatory voting practices for the ten years before the bail-out suit. 2 pages. | African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Voting Rights Act Rally at Piedmont Park", August 28, 1981 | 1981-08-28 | Press release on a rally planned by a coalition consisting of the VEP, NAACP, SCLC, and GABEO in support of the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which will feature prominent civil rights activists and political figures, including Congressman Walter Fauntroy, and highlights the importance of minority political participation in the political process. 2 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Thompson Speaks on Voting Rights Act", June 23, 1981 | 1981-06-23 | Press release on Mrs. Geraldine G. Thompson, executive director of the VEP, testified before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee, calling the Voting Rights Act "the most effective civil rights legislation ever passed" and stating that the key provisions of the Act should be extended if minorities are to achieve full equality in the political system. 5 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Appointment of Geraldine Thompson As the Executive Director of VEP", June 19, 1981 | 1981-06-19 | Press release on Geraldine G. Thompson being appointed as the Executive Director of the Voter Education Project, Inc. 6 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, African American women, African American civic leaders, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Vivian Malone Jones and J. Stanley Alexander, September 1977 | 1977-09 | Written on verso: Vivian Malone Jones, VEP Executive Director, J. Stanley Alexander, VEP Research, September 1977. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Unidentified VEP Worker, circa 1979 | 1976/1983 | Portrait of an unidentified VEP Worker. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people | 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 |
| Vivian Malone Jones with VEP Group, circa 1977 | 1974/1981 | Vivian Malone Jones heads a VEP group meeting. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Vivian Malone Jones in Her Office, circa 1977 | 1974/1981 | Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and woman in her office. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Vivian Malone Jones in Her Office, circa 1977 | 1974/1981 | Vivian Malone Jones talks with a man and women in her office. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Vivian Malone Jones, circa 1977 | 1974/1981 | Vivian Malone Jones talks holding a microphone. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Two Women, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Two unidentified women record notes outside of a building. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| People seated outside, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Woman Working, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | A woman stands at a counter and writes. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Women stand outside of an apartment house. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Women stand outside of an apartment house. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
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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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