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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An unidentified man holding a "You Too Can Register to Vote" booklet talks with an older woman.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Man with Voting Booklet, circa 1970
Date Created
1966/1974
Description
An unidentified man holding a "You Too Can Register to Vote" booklet talks with an older woman.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of men and women stand outside. Two women hold a poster reading "Push me harder...register and vote". Written on verso: This marks the instruction that is given during our campaign each day.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Group, circa 1966
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
A group of men and women stand outside. Two women hold a poster reading "Push me harder...register and vote". Written on verso: This marks the instruction that is given during our campaign each day.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A man and two women meet outside of a building.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Group, circa 1966
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
A man and two women meet outside of a building.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman sits and looks over paperwork in a grocery story with a male grocery employee standing beside her.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Worker, circa 1966
Date Created
1962/1968
Description
A woman sits and looks over paperwork in a grocery story with a male grocery employee standing beside her.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, 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
Two unidentified women record notes outside of a building.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two Women, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Two unidentified women record notes outside of a building.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Mrs. John Toussaint and John Lewis thanking Mrs. Toussaint for offering to distribute copies of their direct appeal letter. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence Between Mrs. John Toussaint and John Lewis, November 18, 1971
Date Created
1971-11-18
Description
Correspondence between Mrs. John Toussaint and John Lewis thanking Mrs. Toussaint for offering to distribute copies of their direct appeal letter. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government, Women--Societies and clubs
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Group on a Lawn, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
People seated outside, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands at a counter and writes.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Woman Working, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A woman stands at a counter and writes.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women Outside of Houses, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Women stand outside of an apartment house.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands at a counter and writes with a map in the background.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Woman Working, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A woman stands at a counter and writes with a map in the background.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two women work at a desk
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women Working, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
Two women work at a desk
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman stands outside of a building.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified Woman, circa 1975
Date Created
1972/1978
Description
A woman stands outside of a building.
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 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