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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VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman sits at her desk in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman sits at her desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
VEP Meeting with Vivian Malone Jones, circa 1977
1975/1979
Vivian Malone Jones stands in a crowded room at a VEP meeting.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Meetings
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones stands in a crowded room at a VEP meeting.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles and sits at her desk in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles and sits at her desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified man stands in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified man stands in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified man works at a desk in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified man works at a desk in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
Voter Registration, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers work on voter registration outside of a car.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers work on voter registration outside of a car.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Three unidentified women smile in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Three unidentified women smile in a VEP office.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified man stands at a meeting in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified man stands at a meeting in a VEP office.
John R. Lewis and Students, circa 1977
1975/1979
John R. Lewis stands and talks with students outside the Alma C. Hanson Memorial Student Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
John R. Lewis stands and talks with students outside the Alma C. Hanson Memorial Student Center in Memphis, Tennessee.