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.
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.

Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Arzie Jones, circa 1942 1941/1943 Written on verso: Arzie Jones. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Ruth Etta Hawkins, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Ruth Etta Hawkins. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
S. J. Edmonson, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Miss S. J. Edmonson Box 584 Covington, GA. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Willie M. Long, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Mrs. Willie M. Long, Box 373, Conway South Carolina. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Dorothy Crawford, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Mrs. Dorothy Crawford, 835 Clay Street, Topeka Kansas. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Willie M. Long, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Mrs. Willie Long, PO Box 373, Conway South Carolina. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
E. DeLouis Daurs, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: E. DeLouis Daurs, 1126 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Marian Dupree Lewis, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Marian Dupree Lewis, 12 Seabrook Road, Fayetteville, NC. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Dorothy Baylor Anderson, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Dorothy Baylor Anderson, 59 East 46th street Apt. 5B Chicago, IL. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Artist, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Photo sent in by Virgil Bryant. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Dolores Clinton, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Dolores Clinton. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Jaquelyn Sheldon, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Jaquelyn Sheldon. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Josephine Raymond, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Miss Josephine Raymond, 1907 Union Street, San Fancisco, California. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Essie Stanley, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Mrs. Essie Stanley. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Artist, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: artist. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Luvenia [?] B. Ransom, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Luvenia [?] B. Ransom. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Mildred Guenoeur Cherry, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Mildred Guenoeur Cherry, 121 Cannon Street, Charleston, SC. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Betty Ann Bryant, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Betty Ann Bryant. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Leah C. Greer, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Leah C. Greer, 66 Fremont Street, Jersey City, NJ, Apt. 123. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Rosemary Louis, circa 1945 1940/1950 Written on verso: Rosemary Louis, 404 N. 2nd Street Champaign, Illinois. African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people Voter Education Project Organizational Records