| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "How to be an Effective Party Member" Booklet, 1972 | 1972 | A North Carolina VEP booklet explaining the electoral process in the state. | Political participation, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| VEP Press Release, October 14, 1971 | 1971-10-14 | VEP press release asking for an investigation into the disruption of a citizenship education workshop in Canton, Mississippi. | African Americans--Politics and government, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Peace Through Political Power" Program, June 28, 1971 | 1971-06-28 | "Peace Through Political Power" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics. | Special events, Meetings, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "John Lewis, Julian Bond, The Voice of Our People" Program, June 23, 1971 | 1971-06-23 | "John Lewis, Julian Bond, The Voice of Our People" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics. | Special events, Meetings, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Two Men Sit at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973 | 1970/1976 | Two men sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Man Sits at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973 | 1970/1976 | A man sits in a church pew during a VEP meeting with a box of files. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| People Sit at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973 | 1970/1976 | Two men and two women sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| VEP Meeting, circa 1972 | 1968/1976 | A woman speaks at a group meeting. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| VEP Meeting, circa 1972 | 1968/1976 | A group of people listen to a speaker at a VEP meeting. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Unidentified Woman, circa 1972 | 1968/1976 | An unidentified woman listens to a speaker with a man in the background. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| VEP Meeting, circa 1972 | 1968/1976 | Two unidentified women listen to a speaker. | African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "VEP Announces Southwide Conflab For Black Elected Officials", December 4, 1968 | 1968-12-04 | Newspaper article discussing the Voter Education Project's Southwide Conference of Black Elected Officials, which included workshops on problems affecting black elected officials. The conference was set to focus on the problems and challenges that black officials face, and provide them with an opportunity to share experiences and receive information. More than 200 black officials from 11 states in the old South planned to attend. The keynote speakers included U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Congresswoman-elect Shirley Chisholm, and Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana. 1 page. | Meetings, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American leadership | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Negro Officials to Meet", December 4, 1968 | 1968-12-04 | Newspaper article discussing plans for black officeholders to meet at a conference for Black officeholders from throughout the South held in Atlanta. The conference sought to discuss mutual problems facing Black officials, such as antagonism and prejudice. The conference expected attendance from 200 to 300 of the South's 380 Black officeholders. Key speakers included U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, and Rep.-elect Shirley Chisholm of New York. 1 page. | Meetings, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American leadership | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Parliamentary Procedure," July 13, 1968 | 1968-07-13 | A booklet explaining how to conduct a meeting according to "Robert's Ruler of Order." | Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc. | 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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