| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Women's Vote Project" Poster, circa 1984 | 1979/1989 | Poster encouraging women to vote. Sponsored by the Women's Vote Project of the VEP. | Voting, Voter Registration, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| John Lewis and Julian Bond, circa 1971 | 1968/1974 | John Lewis and Julian Bond stand on a porch and talk to voters. | Voting, Voter Registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "You've Got It, Use It" Poster, circa 1970 | 1965/1975 | Poster encouraging voting and voter registration. | Voting, Voter Registration, African Americans--Politics and government | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Keep the Wolves From Your Door" Poster, circa 1967 | 1962/1972 | A poster showing wolves rushing towards a house and peering in the window. The wolves are labeled to represent negative concepts like "police brutality," "welfare," "oppression." | Voting, Voter Registration, African Americans--Politics and government | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Your Future Could Be up in the Air" Poster, circa 1967 | 1962/1972 | Poster encouraging voting and voter registration. Sponsored by the Southeast Arkansas Voter Registration Project. | Voting, Voter Registration, African Americans--Politics and government | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Register and Vote" Poster, circa 1962 | 1957/1967 | Poster encouraging voting and voter registration. Sponsored by the VEP. | Voting, Voter Registration, African Americans--Politics and government | 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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