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 North Carolina VEP booklet explaining the electoral process in the state.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"How to be an Effective Party Member" Booklet, 1972
Date Created
1972
Description
A North Carolina VEP booklet explaining the electoral process in the state.
Subject
Political participation, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP press release asking for an investigation into the disruption of a citizenship education workshop in Canton, Mississippi.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP Press Release, October 14, 1971
Date Created
1971-10-14
Description
VEP press release asking for an investigation into the disruption of a citizenship education workshop in Canton, Mississippi.
Subject
African Americans--Politics and government, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Peace Through Political Power" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Peace Through Political Power" Program, June 28, 1971
Date Created
1971-06-28
Description
"Peace Through Political Power" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics.
Subject
Special events, Meetings, African American civic leaders
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"John Lewis, Julian Bond, The Voice of Our People" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"John Lewis, Julian Bond, The Voice of Our People" Program, June 23, 1971
Date Created
1971-06-23
Description
"John Lewis, Julian Bond, The Voice of Our People" program including a schedule, outline of events, and song lyrics.
Subject
Special events, Meetings, African American civic leaders
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two men sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two Men Sit at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973
Date Created
1970/1976
Description
Two men sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting.
Subject
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A man sits in a church pew during a VEP meeting with a box of files.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Man Sits at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973
Date Created
1970/1976
Description
A man sits in a church pew during a VEP meeting with a box of files.
Subject
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two men and two women sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
People Sit at a VEP Meeting, circa 1973
Date Created
1970/1976
Description
Two men and two women sit in a church pew during a VEP meeting.
Subject
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Meetings, African American civil rights workers
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman speaks at a group meeting.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP Meeting, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
A woman speaks at a group meeting.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people listen to a speaker at a VEP meeting.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP Meeting, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
A group of people listen to a speaker at a VEP meeting.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman listens to a speaker with a man in the background.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Woman, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
An unidentified woman listens to a speaker with a man in the background.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women listen to a speaker.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
VEP Meeting, circa 1972
Date Created
1968/1976
Description
Two unidentified women listen to a speaker.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Meetings
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
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.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"VEP Announces Southwide Conflab For Black Elected Officials", December 4, 1968
Date Created
1968-12-04
Description
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.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American leadership
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
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.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Negro Officials to Meet", December 4, 1968
Date Created
1968-12-04
Description
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.
Subject
Meetings, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American leadership
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A booklet explaining how to conduct a meeting according to "Robert's Ruler of Order."
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Parliamentary Procedure," July 13, 1968
Date Created
1968-07-13
Description
A booklet explaining how to conduct a meeting according to "Robert's Ruler of Order."
Subject
Meetings, Associations, institutions, etc.
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records