| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Negro Ins. Agent Asks Voter Right", April 11, 1964 | 1964-04-11 | A newspaper clipping of a story about Lonnie Brown, who was harassed for attempting to register to vote. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Again, Wilcox County, Alabama", April 11, 1964 | 1964-04-11 | A newspaper clipping describing barriers to voter registration in Wilcox County, Alabama. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Judge Denies Wilcox Motion", March 31, 1964 | 1964-03-31 | A newspaper clipping regarding the denial of an injunction to bar voter registrars from discriminating against Black Americans in Wilcox County, Alabama. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Suppressed Political Suffrage", February 26, 1964 | 1964-02-26 | A newspaper clipping describing "suppressed political suffrage" in Wilcox and Lowndes Counties in Alabama. 1 page. | Race discrimination, Voter registration, Voting, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
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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