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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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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  • Subjects = African American women
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
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
Woman Working, circa 1975 1972/1978 A woman stands at a counter and writes with a map in the background. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women Working, circa 1975 1972/1978 Two women work at a desk African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Woman, circa 1975 1972/1978 A woman stands outside of a building. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
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
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King listens to a speaker in a church. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King speaks at a podium in a church. Written on verso: Spartanberg, SC. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Coretta Scott King with an Unidentified Man, circa 1975 1972/1978 Coretta Scott King stands in a crowd with an unidentified man. African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women Voter Education Project Organizational Records