| Title | Date Created | Author | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Human Serve Fund Newsletter, February 20, 1985 | 1985-02-20 | A nonprofit voter registration organization newsletter focusing on decreasing voting gaps between Black and White voters, as well as an increase in women's participation in voting, largely due to organized voter registration efforts by human service agencies and other groups, although some pessimistic views were expressed regarding the overall turnout increase and its implications for declining voter participation trends, and the upcoming 1986 Senate elections were expected to feature hotly contested races with sharp ideological differences. 5 pages. | Voter registration, African American women, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| Introduction of Coretta Scott King by Harold R. Sims, February 1985 | 1985-02 | An introduction of Coretta Scott King by Harold R. Sims for New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean's Black History Week Luncheon. | Speeches, African American civic leaders, African American women | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Fact Sheet on Federal Jury Investigations and Indictments of Black Leaders in Alabama for Voter Fraud", 1985 | 1985 | This report describes the efforts to discredit and reduce the participation of Black leaders and voters in five counties in Alabama through various means, including criminal charges and investigations into voting fraud, as well as the indictment of several Black civil rights activists on charges of conspiracy to commit voting fraud. 5 pages. | Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Race discrimination | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| VEP Employee Manual, 1985 | 1985 | Employee manual of the VEP describing organizational structure, employment, salaries, etc. 24 pages. | African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Employment, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "It is Time for a Change", 1985 | 1985 | Flyer listing voting locations and voting issues in the special election. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Selma to Montgomery, 20 Years Later", 1985 | 1985 | Flyer for the 20th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. 1 page. | Voting, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| Introduction of the VEP with Budget Report, circa 1985 | 1984/1987 | A brief history of the VEP, with a plan, goals and budget for the program. 11 pages. | African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civil rights workers, Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Georgia Black Turnout Over 50 Percent High in 1984 Than in 1980", December 30, 1984 | 1984-12-30 | A Voter Education Project study based on an analysis of predominantly Black and White precincts in Georgia found that the estimated number of Black voters in the 1984 election was over 50% higher than in 1980, with a turnout rate of 64%, and that White turnout was higher than Black turnout, with 74% of registered White voters casting their votes for Reagan and 5% of Black voters doing the same. 1 page. | Groups and organizations, Political participation, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Blacks Turn Out in Alabama", and "More Georgia Blacks Voted in '84 than '80", December 30, 1984 | 1984-12-30 | The Voter Education Project found that in the 1984 presidential election, Black voter turnout exceeded 60% in Georgia and Alabama, with Alabama being the only southern state where Black voter turnout was not less than White voter turnout, and while President Reagan won both states, he only won 5% of the Black vote in Georgia and 7% of the Black vote in Alabama. 1 page. | Groups and organizations, Political participation, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| Correspondence From Brian to Geraldine Thompson, November 28, 1984 | 1984-11-28 | The author alerts their research findings to show more racial polarization in the November 6 election than the exit polls, and disagrees with those who claim exit polls are more accurate, citing examples of discrepancies in past elections and flaws in sampling and self-reporting, and challenges the argument that behavior in mixed precincts is different from all-Black or all-white precincts, and suggests that exit polls gain credibility through exposure but may not necessarily be accurate. 2 pages. | Voting, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Race discrimination | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Record Number of Blacks Voted in the South", November 24, 1984 | 1984-11-24 | The results of a Voter Education Project study show that an estimated 3.3 million Black voters went to the polls in the South during the 1984 election, representing an increase of 586,000 over the previous election, with the increase due to both population growth and registration drives, and the vast majority of Black voters supported Walter Mondale. 1 page. | Groups and organizations, Political participation, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "State Drive Hikes Black Voters 16 Percent", November 13, 1984 | 1984-11-13 | A Voter Education Project survey reported record numbers of Black voters registered in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, with a 16 percent increase in Georgia since 1980, but despite this increase, there are still about 500,000 unregistered Black voters in Georgia, according to Charles McCant, the assistant director of field operations for the Atlanta-based VEP. 1 page. | Groups and organizations, Voter registration, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Despite the Reagan Sweep, a Gender Gap Remains", November 13, 1984 | 1984-11-13 | The article discusses the gender gap in the 1984 Presidential election, which refers to the difference in voting patterns between men and women. Despite President Reagan's sweeping victory, the gender gap remained a significant feature of the political landscape, with Mr. Mondale's biggest women's majorities coming from minority groups. 1 page. | Political participation, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "'Good Natured Man' Reagan Has the Voters Under His Spell", October 24, 1984 | 1984-10-24 | The article discusses the results of the debates between President Reagan and Walter F. Mondale, highlighting the fact that, despite Reagan's shortcomings in terms of working hours, knowledge of important issues, coherence, and embarrassing public utterances, he comes across as a good-natured man who is liked even better for those faults and is likely to win the election. 1 page. | Political campaigns, Political participation, Presidents | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Investigators Infiltrate Union Political Groups", October 19, 1984 | 1984-10-19 | The National Right to Work Committee is reportedly spending $100,000 this year to place approximately 100 private investigators, including many from Miller and Associates, in union political operations, voter registration organizations, and other groups, in an attempt to identify alleged violations of federal election law and misuse of funds by unions, the Mondale-Ferraro campaign, and tax-exempt organizations. 1 page. | Groups and organizations, Labor, Voter registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Women Doing Well, Election Wise", and "Election Results, Racially Speaking", October 3, 1984 | 1984-10-03 | The article discusses the success of women candidates in the Sept. 29 elections in New Orleans, where women won several political positions, breaking the tradition of bias against women in politics in the city and statewide. 14 pages. | Political participation, Voting, African American women, Political campaigns | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Candidates and Constitutional Amendments", October 1984 | 1984-10 | The League of Women Voters of Georgia, a nonpartisan organization providing election information through its voter service program presents this guide to candidates and Constitutional Amendments for the November 6, 1984 General Election. 4 pages. | Voter registration, Voting, Suffrage, Groups and organizations | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| VEP Press Release, August 28, 1984 | 1984-08-28 | Press release from the Voter Education Project regarding a study by the Voter Education Project (VEP), which found that Southern congressional representatives were not responsive to Black concerns. The study found that the average Southern representative received a low rating on a Black Concerns Scale, and that there was considerable variation among the states in their degree of responsiveness. The study also found that Republican representatives were much more nonresponsive to Black concerns than Democratic representatives. 2 pages. | Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| VEP Press Release, August 13, 1984 | 1984-08-13 | Press release from the Voter Education Project regarding analysis of four factors that could determine whether the white incumbent in Georgia's Fifth Congressional District would be unseated by one of his four Black challengers. The factors were the Black turnout rate, the white turnout rate, the black crossover rate, and the white crossover rate. The VEP analysis showed that a close election was possible, but a clear win for the incumbent or one of the Black challengers was also possible. 3 pages. | Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government, Demographic surveys | Voter Education Project Organizational Records | |
| "Increase and Impact: Black Participation in Southern Electoral Politics During the First Half of 1984", July | 1984-07-25 | Sherman, Brian, Brimah, K. Farouk | VEP research department essay by Brian Sherman, Ph.D. and K. Farouk Brimah on the increase of participation in voting by the Black population in the South, listing states and percentages. 16 pages. | African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civil rights workers, Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation | 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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