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 Event, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of girl scouts gather at a VEP event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and progreams
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of girl scouts gather at a VEP event.
VEP Event, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of girl scouts gather at a VEP event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and progreams
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of girl scouts gather at a VEP event.
VEP Event, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles at a VEP event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and progreams
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles at a VEP event.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman 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 in a VEP office.
VEP Event, circa 1977
1975/1979
Women register to vote at a VEP event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and progreams, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women register to vote at a VEP event.
John R. Lewis with Voters, circa 1977
1975/1979
John R. Lewis stands in a doorway and watches a man fill out a document..
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
John R. Lewis stands in a doorway and watches a man fill out a document..
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles from behind 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 from behind her desk in a VEP office.
Vivian Malone Jones, circa 1977
1975/1979
Vivian Malone Jones works behind her desk.
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
Vivian Malone Jones works behind her desk.
Vivian Malone Jones, circa 1977
1975/1979
Vivian Malone Jones speaks from a podium at an event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Vivian Malone Jones speaks from a podium at an event.
Voter Registration, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people gather outside at a voter registration event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and programs, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people gather outside at a voter registration event.
Voting Line, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people stand in line to vote.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people stand in line to vote.
Voting Line, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people stand in line to vote.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people stand in line to vote.
Voting Line, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people stand in line to vote.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people stand in line to vote.
Voting Line, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people gather at a voting event.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Events and programs
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people gather at a voting event.
Polling Place, circa 1977
1975/1979
A group of people gather outside a polling place.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of people gather outside a polling place.
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 works behind a 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 works behind a desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified 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 talks on a phone in a VEP office.
Voter Registration, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers stands outside a small building, possibly voter registration.
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 stands outside a small building, possibly voter registration.
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.