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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"Shirley Chisholm to Challenge White Males in Four Primaries" article published in the Washington Post detailing Re. Shirley Chisholm's candidacy for United States President. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Shirley Chisholm to Challenge White Males in Four Primaries" Article, October 7, 1971
Date Created
1971-10-07
Description
"Shirley Chisholm to Challenge White Males in Four Primaries" article published in the Washington Post detailing Re. Shirley Chisholm's candidacy for United States President. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Shirley Serious About the White House" article on The Washington Daily News detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Shirley Serious About the White House" Article, September 14, 1971
Date Created
1971-09-14
Description
"Shirley Serious About the White House" article on The Washington Daily News detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"NOW Chairman Against Nixon" article in the Chicago Sun Times detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"NOW Chairman Against Nixon" Article, September 1, 1971
Date Created
1971-09-01
Description
"NOW Chairman Against Nixon" article in the Chicago Sun Times detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Excerpt from Newsweek magazine section entitled Newsmakers that briefly detailed Ms. Chisholm's bid for Presidency. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Newsweek Newsmakers Article, August 23, 1971
Date Created
1971-08-23
Description
Excerpt from Newsweek magazine section entitled Newsmakers that briefly detailed Ms. Chisholm's bid for Presidency. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Carter: Shirley, She's the Woman for President" article detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House in The Sunday News. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Carter: Shirley, She's the Woman for President" Article, August 22, 1971
Date Created
1971-08-22
Description
"Carter: Shirley, She's the Woman for President" article detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House in The Sunday News. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Shirley Chisholm Plans to Make a Determined Bid for the White House" article in the Buffalo Evening News detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Shirley Chisholm Plans to Make a Determined Bid for the White House" Article, August 5, 1971
Date Created
1971-08-05
Description
"Shirley Chisholm Plans to Make a Determined Bid for the White House" article in the Buffalo Evening News detailing Ms. Chisholm's bid for the White House. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"The Putnam Lectureship in Social Ethics An Address by the Honorable Shirley Chisholm" program at Hamline University Field House. 3 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"The Putnam Lectureship in Social Ethics An Address by the Honorable Shirley Chisholm" Program, April 23, 1971
Date Created
1971-04-23
Description
"The Putnam Lectureship in Social Ethics An Address by the Honorable Shirley Chisholm" program at Hamline University Field House. 3 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, African American women, Political campaigns
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The Community Relations Commission has selected six successful Atlanta business people, including Ira L. Jackson, Robert West, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Herman J. Russell, and James and Robert Paschal, to receive its first "Business Achievement Award" at the closing banquet of the "Workshop on Black Business Opportunities," highlighting their flourishing enterprises that touch the lives of hundreds of Atlantans daily. 1 page
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Six Outstanding Black Businesses To Receive CRC Honors February 20", February 15, 1969
Date Created
1969--02-15
Description
The Community Relations Commission has selected six successful Atlanta business people, including Ira L. Jackson, Robert West, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Herman J. Russell, and James and Robert Paschal, to receive its first "Business Achievement Award" at the closing banquet of the "Workshop on Black Business Opportunities," highlighting their flourishing enterprises that touch the lives of hundreds of Atlantans daily. 1 page
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises, African American businesspeople, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan and Mrs. Lynnette Taylor, Frankie Freeman, and Bernice Turner concerning a Voter Education Project and Delta Sigma Theta collaboration. 12 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Vernon E. Jordan and Mrs. Lynnette Taylor, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan and Mrs. Lynnette Taylor, Frankie Freeman, and Bernice Turner concerning a Voter Education Project and Delta Sigma Theta collaboration. 12 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, Voter registration, Greek letter societies
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
Correspondence between Bernice Cook and Vernon Jordan requesting 30 copies of the Orangeburg Report for Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Bernice Cook and Vernon Jordan, July 25, 1968
Date Created
1968-07-25
Description
Correspondence between Bernice Cook and Vernon Jordan requesting 30 copies of the Orangeburg Report for Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. 2 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration, African American women, Women--Societies and clubs, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Brochure of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. with the cooperation of The Center for Human Relations and Community Studies of New York University offers a Pre-Regional Conference Sensitivity Training Workshop with the theme "What Does It Mean to be a Negro Woman in a Black Revolution?". 3 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Pre-Regional Conference Sensitivity Training Workshop, July 18, 1968
Date Created
1968-07-18
Description
Brochure of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. with the cooperation of The Center for Human Relations and Community Studies of New York University offers a Pre-Regional Conference Sensitivity Training Workshop with the theme "What Does It Mean to be a Negro Woman in a Black Revolution?". 3 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, Voter registration, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Thaddeus Olive, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor, Executive Director of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. with Oliver submitting enclosed list as requested. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Thaddeus Olive, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor, May 30, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-30
Description
Correspondence between Thaddeus Olive, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor, Executive Director of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. with Oliver submitting enclosed list as requested. 1 page.
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
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Allie Hubert concerning a copy of the vita sheet and a glossy print photo for the Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. program. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Allie Hubert, May 25, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-25
Description
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Allie Hubert concerning a copy of the vita sheet and a glossy print photo for the Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. program. 1 page.
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, Voter registration, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Voter Education Project Director Vernon Jordan and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Program Assistant Claudette L. Franklin concerning the Social Action luncheon at the Southwest Regional Conference. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Voter Education Project and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., May 22, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-22
Description
Correspondence between Voter Education Project Director Vernon Jordan and Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Program Assistant Claudette L. Franklin concerning the Social Action luncheon at the Southwest Regional Conference. 1 page.
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, Voter registration, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor with an enclosed list of resource people with public and private information to be used in your Regional Seminar. 4 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor, May 16, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-16
Description
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor with an enclosed list of resource people with public and private information to be used in your Regional Seminar. 4 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, Voter registration, Greek letter societies
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor sharing information about Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.'s Social Action Program. 6 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor, May 8, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-08
Description
Correspondence between Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Miss Lynette Taylor sharing information about Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.'s Social Action Program. 6 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