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.
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A group of men and women stand outside in a parking lot and register to vote.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Registration, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1973
Description
A group of men and women stand outside in a parking lot and register to vote.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Suffrage, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Men and women stand in line to register to vote.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Registration, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1973
Description
Men and women stand in line to register to vote.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Suffrage, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A large group of men and women stand in line outside of a building hosting voter registration.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Registration Line, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1973
Description
A large group of men and women stand in line outside of a building hosting voter registration.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Suffrage, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A women sits at a table and registers to vote with the aid of a registration worker.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Registration, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1973
Description
A women sits at a table and registers to vote with the aid of a registration worker.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Suffrage, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A women registers to vote with other men and women.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Registration, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1973
Description
A women registers to vote with other men and women.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Suffrage, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Woman, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1972
Description
An unidentified woman smiles.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting. The podium reads "Dinkler Plaza".
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1971
Description
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting. The podium reads "Dinkler Plaza".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Events and programs, Speeches
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting. The podium reads "Dinkler Plaza".
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1971
Description
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting. The podium reads "Dinkler Plaza".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Events and programs, Speeches
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Education leaders hand out materials to young women. Written on verso: Project leaders distribute registration materials to young voters. Rev. Paul McDaniel, Mrs. Charlene Tilley [?].
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Event, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1971
Description
Education leaders hand out materials to young women. Written on verso: Project leaders distribute registration materials to young voters. Rev. Paul McDaniel, Mrs. Charlene Tilley [?].
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Political participation, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women stand outside of a circuit court office.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two Women, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1971
Description
Two unidentified women stand outside of a circuit court office.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials, circa 1968
Date Created
1964/1971
Description
A woman speaks at a Southern Conference of Black Elected Officials meeting.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Events and programs, Speeches
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Draft of the "Voting is People Power Registration and Voting Manual" published by League of Women Voters Education Fund guides urban communities through the voter registration process along with note between V. J. and M. M. 55 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Draft of Voting Is People Power Registration and Voting Manual, circa 1967
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Draft of the "Voting is People Power Registration and Voting Manual" published by League of Women Voters Education Fund guides urban communities through the voter registration process along with note between V. J. and M. M. 55 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Women--Societies and clubs, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Miss Feyer holds war medals and looks at a document held by an unidentified woman. Written on verso: Miss Feyer, see letter received 3/21/69, v8-163.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Miss Feyer and Unidentified Woman, circa 1969
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Miss Feyer holds war medals and looks at a document held by an unidentified woman. Written on verso: Miss Feyer, see letter received 3/21/69, v8-163.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman sits at a desk and writes.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Woman Writing, circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
An unidentified woman sits at a desk and writes.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women meet in an office with planning maps in the background.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women Meeting, circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Two unidentified women meet in an office with planning maps in the background.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman speaks to an audience.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Woman Speaking, circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
An unidentified woman speaks to an audience.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Speeches
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Auburn League of Women Voters Voter Education Project Report for Lee County, Alabama.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Auburn League of Women Voters Project Report for Lee County Alabama, circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Auburn League of Women Voters Voter Education Project Report for Lee County, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between League of Women Voters of Auburn and Mrs. Wallace Alston, Jr. on funds needed and a budget to produce the Voter Education Project filming project. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between League of Women Voters of Auburn and Mrs. Wallace Alston, Jr., circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Correspondence between League of Women Voters of Auburn and Mrs. Wallace Alston, Jr. on funds needed and a budget to produce the Voter Education Project filming project. 2 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Community development, African American arts, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Article entitled, "Delta Sigma Theta Set Regional Confab in NO" discussing Delta Sigma Theta's regional conference in New Orleans. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Delta Sigma Theta Set Regional Confab in NO" Article, circa 1968
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
Article entitled, "Delta Sigma Theta Set Regional Confab in NO" discussing Delta Sigma Theta's regional conference in New Orleans. 2 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Women--Societies and clubs, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"This Is Auburn" booklet of essential information about the city of Auburn published by the League of Women Voters. 18 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"This Is Auburn" Published by the League of Women Voters, circa 1966
Date Created
1963/1969
Description
"This Is Auburn" booklet of essential information about the city of Auburn published by the League of Women Voters. 18 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Community development, African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records