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. 

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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.

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Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The Voter Education Project urges people to attend their statewide Voting Rights Conference at Southern University to address the low voter turnout of Black registered voters in Louisiana, where only 143,000 of 850,000 eligible Black voters voted in the 1982 elections. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Booklet outlining the processes of registering and voting in North Carolina, and explaining they types of candidates, as well as dispelling false ideas on voting. 20 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Poster encouraging African Americans to vote. Sponsored by the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Poster encouraging voting and voter registration. Sponsored by the VEP.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Poster encouraging voting and voter registration. Sponsored by the Young Democratic Clubs of America.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Logo for the Voter Education Project.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Flyer detailing steps to register and vote with registration location and date. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A draft and a final copy of a memorandum regarding the accuracy of voter registration figures in southern states. 4 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified group stands in line to vote.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Correspondence from W. E. Mason III of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Human Relations Council to the Southern Regional Council regarding the availability of SRC publications. 1 page.
A copy of a newspaper article discussing voting records set during the presidential election of November 1964, accompanied by a page of voting statistics for southern states. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A flier urging Georgians to vote against Lester Maddox for Governor. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing the successes of the All Citizens Registration Committee. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Poster referencing Bloody Sunday and urging African Americans to vote. Sponsored by the VEP.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Notes and calculations of voter registration totals and two charts tallying voter registration numbers by year and location. 5 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A statement regarding the registration and participation of new Black voters. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping detailing voter registration numbers by race and state. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing an expansion of the Voter Education Project aimed at registering more Black voters. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing the dismissal of a suit declaring Lowndes County elections illegal. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records