| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Lewis Marches in Selma With Coretta Scott King, 1975 | 1975 | John R. Lewis and Coretta Scott-King walk across Edmund Pettis Bridge on the ten-year anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Civil rights movements | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Voter Rally, April 22, 1974 | 1974-04-22 | Poster advertising a voter rally with John Lewis and Hosea Williams. Sponsored by the VEP and the United Voter Education and Registration Committee of Selma. | Voting, Voter Registration, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Voter Rally, John Lewis and Hosea Williams", 1974 | 1974 | Flyer for a voter rally featuring John Lewis and Hosea Williams in Selma Alabama, along with a VEP request for payment form. 2 pages. | African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting, African American civil rights workers, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Where Are They Now? Lewis of SNCC", February 10, 1969 | 1969-02-10 | A copy of a newspaper clipping profiling John Lewis. 1 page. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Selma, Alabama" Voting Poster circa 1966 | 1961/1971 | Poster referencing Bloody Sunday and urging African Americans to vote. Sponsored by the VEP. | Voting, Voter Registration, African Americans--Politics and government, 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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