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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Notes and Receipts, circa 1963
1960/1966
Notes and receipts from the Southern Regional Council.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Notes and receipts from the Southern Regional Council.
Mamie Leonard, circa 1963
1960/1966
Written on verso: Mamie Leonard.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mamie Leonard.
Kathlene Battle, circa 1963
1960/1966
Written on verso: Kathlene Battle.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Kathlene Battle.
Lola Fair, circa 1963
1960/1966
Written on verso: Lola Fair.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Lola Fair.
Mamie Kendrick, circa 1963
1960/1966
Written on verso: Mamie Kendrick.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mamie Kendrick.
Unidentified Group of Women, circa 1965
1960/1969
A group of women sit at a picnic table eating cookies.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women sit at a picnic table eating cookies.
Two Women, circa 1965
1962/1968
Two unidentified women stand behind a table with the book, The Lawmakers by James David Barber.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women stand behind a table with the book, The Lawmakers by James David Barber.
Voting Advocacy, circa 1966
1962/1968
A voter educator talks to a woman and her children outside of a dilapidated home.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, African American children, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A voter educator talks to a woman and her children outside of a dilapidated home.
Voter Education Group, circa 1966
1962/1968
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.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
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 Group, circa 1966
1962/1968
A man and two women meet outside of a building.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A man and two women meet outside of a building.
Voter Education Worker, circa 1966
1962/1968
A woman sits and looks over paperwork in a grocery story with a male grocery employee standing beside her.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A woman sits and looks over paperwork in a grocery story with a male grocery employee standing beside her.
National Council for Negro Women VEP Project #3 Signature Card, circa 1965
1962/1968
National Council for Negro Women VEP Project #3 Signature Card of Johnnie M. Parris, Director and Eva Love Asst. Dir. 2 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
National Council for Negro Women VEP Project #3 Signature Card of Johnnie M. Parris, Director and Eva Love Asst. Dir. 2 pages.
Correspondence Between Mr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Mrs. James Parris, circa 1965
1962/1968
Correspondence between Mr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Mrs. James Parris discussing voter registration methods and maps of neighborhoods. 4 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence between Mr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and Mrs. James Parris discussing voter registration methods and maps of neighborhoods. 4 pages.
"Protect Her Future Register and Vote" Poster, circa 1965
1962/1968
"Protect Her Future Register and Vote" poster with an Black child holding an American flag to encourage people to register and vote from the NAACP. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Protect Her Future Register and Vote" poster with an Black child holding an American flag to encourage people to register and vote from the NAACP. 1 page.
Barbara Jordan, circa 1965
1962/1968
Written on verso: Barbara Jordan.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Barbara Jordan.
Geneva Collins, circa 1965
1962/1968
Written on verso: Geneva Collins, "I hope you will be able to use this".
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Geneva Collins, "I hope you will be able to use this".
Draft of Voting Is People Power Registration and Voting Manual, circa 1967
1963/1969
Draft of the "Voting is People Power Registration and Voting Manual" published by League of Women Voters Education Fund guides urban communities through the voter registration process along with note between V. J. and M. M. 55 pages.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Women--Societies and clubs, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Draft of the "Voting is People Power Registration and Voting Manual" published by League of Women Voters Education Fund guides urban communities through the voter registration process along with note between V. J. and M. M. 55 pages.
Miss Feyer and Unidentified Woman, circa 1969
1963/1969
Miss Feyer holds war medals and looks at a document held by an unidentified woman. Written on verso: Miss Feyer, see letter received 3/21/69, v8-163.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Miss Feyer holds war medals and looks at a document held by an unidentified woman. Written on verso: Miss Feyer, see letter received 3/21/69, v8-163.
Woman Writing, circa 1966
1963/1969
An unidentified woman sits at a desk and writes.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman sits at a desk and writes.
Women Meeting, circa 1966
1963/1969
Two unidentified women meet in an office with planning maps in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women meet in an office with planning maps in the background.