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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Group of VEP Workers, April 1978
1978-04
A group of male and female VEP workers. Written on verso: 1978-04.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A group of male and female VEP workers. Written on verso: 1978-04.
Unidentified VEP Worker, circa 1979
1976/1983
Portrait of an unidentified VEP Worker.
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
Portrait of an unidentified VEP Worker.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman reads over notes in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman reads over notes in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
Liquor Store Employee, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman stands beside an advertising cutout in a liquor store.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman stands beside an advertising cutout in a liquor store.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman sits at her desk in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman sits at her desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman talks on a phone in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles and sits at her desk in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles and sits at her desk in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified man stands in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified man stands in a VEP office filled with posters and copy equipment.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Workers, circa 1977
1975/1979
Unidentified VEP workers.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Unidentified VEP workers.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
VEP Worker, circa 1977
1975/1979
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.
African Americans--Civil rights, African American women's suffrage, Women's rights, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
An unidentified woman smiles in a VEP office.