| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Right to Vote", March 21, 1969 | 1969--03-21 | A newspaper clipping describing the changes in voting and voter registration in the South. 1 page. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Challenging White Rule", March 17, 1969 | 1969--03-17 | A note and magazine article profiling Robert G. Clark, a legislator in Mississippi. 3 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "'Race Secondary' New Officials Told", December 17, 1967 | 1967-12-17 | A note and two newspaper clippings regarding speakers Julian Bond, Horace Ward, and Bayard Rustin, at a two-day institute in Mississippi sponsored by the Southern Regional Council. 3 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, African American civic leaders, Political science | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Long Ballot, Heavy Vote To Slow Election Count", August 6, 1967 | 1967-08-06 | Newspaper clippings describing election troubles and results for Mississippi. 6 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "New Negro Voting Watched in South", November 7, 1966 | 1966--11-07 | A newspaper clipping describing the growing number of Black voters in the South. 2 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, 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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