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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Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Campaigners with Signs, circa 1975
1972/1978
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American children, Political campaigns, Political participation
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of women and children hold signs by a street.
Woman Reading "Know Your Rights", circa 1970
1966/1974
An unidentified woman reads a "Know Your Rights" booklet.
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
An unidentified woman reads a "Know Your Rights" booklet.
Voter Education Bus, circa 1968
1965/1973
Women hand our voter education flyers in front of a bus alongside John Lewis. Written on verso: John Lewis, circa 1965-1973, Alabama (?).
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Political participation, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Women hand our voter education flyers in front of a bus alongside John Lewis. Written on verso: John Lewis, circa 1965-1973, Alabama (?).
Voter Education Event, circa 1968
1964/1971
Education leaders hand out materials to young women. Written on verso: Project leaders distribute registration materials to young voters. Rev. Paul McDaniel, Mrs. Charlene Tilley [?].
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, African American women, Political participation, Voter registration
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Education leaders hand out materials to young women. Written on verso: Project leaders distribute registration materials to young voters. Rev. Paul McDaniel, Mrs. Charlene Tilley [?].
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.