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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  • Decade = 1970-1979
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Downtown Plains, Georgia, circa 1977
1975/1979
A man stands in front of downtown Plains, Georgia businesses, including a Jimmy Carter sign.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A man stands in front of downtown Plains, Georgia businesses, including a Jimmy Carter sign.
Polling Place Exit, circa 1977
1975/1979
Women and children exit a voting location.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women and children exit a voting location.
Street Scene, circa 1977
1975/1979
Two teenagers with a "Lonnie W. Haynes for [?] Superintendent of Education" poster.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two teenagers with a "Lonnie W. Haynes for [?] Superintendent of Education" poster.
Downtown Plains, Georgia, circa 1977
1975/1979
Storefront of Carter's Wholesale and a Jimmy Carter sign in Plains Georgia.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Storefront of Carter's Wholesale and a Jimmy Carter sign in Plains Georgia.
Voting Registration Signs, circa 1977
1975/1979
Sign on a building reading, "Cross headquarters, register, voting a privilege, a responsibility".
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sign on a building reading, "Cross headquarters, register, voting a privilege, a responsibility".
Voting Registration Signs, circa 1977
1975/1979
Sign on a building reading, "Register to vote here".
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sign on a building reading, "Register to vote here".
Voting Registration Signs, circa 1977
1975/1979
Sign on a building reading, "Register to vote here".
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Sign on a building reading, "Register to vote here".
AFSCME Headquarters, circa 1977
1975/1979
Street view of AFSCME headquarters.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Street view of AFSCME headquarters.
Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975
1972/1978
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
Women Talk with a Man, circa 1975
1972/1978
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two unidentified women speak with a man in a parking lot with a building under construction in the background.
County Court House, circa 1975
1972/1978
An unidentified man and woman talk outside of a county court house.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified man and woman talk outside of a county court house.
Group on a Lawn, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of men and women stand and sit on a lawn.
People seated outside, circa 1975
1972/1978
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two woman and a man sit in chairs outside a home and review paperwork.
Women Enter a Building, circa 1970
1967/1973
Two women walk up the stairs of a building.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Two women walk up the stairs of a building.
Women on a Sidewalk, circa 1970
1966/1974
Three women walk down a city sidewalk.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Buildings and grounds
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Three women walk down a city sidewalk.