| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Blacks Give Carter Margin of Victory", November 8, 1976 | 1976-11-08 | Black voters in the Southern states played a significant role in securing the victory of President-elect Jimmy Carter and several congressional candidates, according to a post-election survey conducted by the Voter Education Project, with an estimated 60-70% Black turnout and 95% of the Black vote going to Carter, marking the largest Black vote in the century. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Warning, Nonparticipation in Government May be Hazardous to Your Health", circa 1975 | 1972/1978 | Flyer urging voter participation to stand up for citizens rights like safe roadways and bridges. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, Political posters, Voter registration, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Statement by Julian Bond," July 1, 1971 | 1971-07-01 | Statement by Julian Bond reviewing the Voting Rights Tour of Mississippi. | Voter registration, Voting, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Statement by John Lewis," July 1, 1971 | 1971-07-01 | Statement by John Lewis reviewing the Voting Rights Tour of Mississippi. | Voter registration, Voting, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Statement by John Lewis," July 1, 1971 | 1971-07-01 | Statement by John Lewis reviewing the Voting Rights Tour of Mississippi. | Voter registration, Voting, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| Correspondence Between John Lewis and John Mitchell, April 19, 1971 | 1971-04-19 | Correspondence sent from John Lewis to Attorney General John Mitchell regarding voter registration in Mississippi. | Voter registration, Voting, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "The Right to Vote", March 21, 1969 | 1969--03-21 | A newspaper clipping describing the changes in voting and voter registration in the South. 1 page. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Challenging White Rule", March 17, 1969 | 1969--03-17 | A note and magazine article profiling Robert G. Clark, a legislator in Mississippi. 3 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "'Race Secondary' New Officials Told", December 17, 1967 | 1967-12-17 | A note and two newspaper clippings regarding speakers Julian Bond, Horace Ward, and Bayard Rustin, at a two-day institute in Mississippi sponsored by the Southern Regional Council. 3 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, Political participation, African American civic leaders, Political science | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Hinds Vote Count Completed 40 Hours After Polls Closed", August 11, 1967 | 1967-08-11 | Newspaper article discussing the completion of a vote count in Hinds County, Mississippi in primary races, despite complications with the vote-tabulating computer technology. The plodding vote-tabulating computer revealed that 18 men claimed first primary victories in Hinds County political races. Fourteen races were to be decided in a second primary vote on August 29th, and the status of two other races hinged on the outcome of absentee ballots. 1 page. | Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Long Ballot, Heavy Vote To Slow Election Count", August 6, 1967 | 1967-08-06 | Newspaper clippings describing election troubles and results for Mississippi. 6 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "New Negro Voting Watched in South", November 7, 1966 | 1966--11-07 | A newspaper clipping describing the growing number of Black voters in the South. 2 pages. | Voting, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Non-Voters Fireworks", June 30, 1966 | 1966-06-30 | A copy of a newspaper clipping describing voter registration drives in Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana. 1 page. | Voting, Voter registration, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "South's Negro Voters Nearly Doubled", circa 1965 | 1960/1970 | Article entitled "South's Negro Voters Nearly Doubled" discussing rise in Black voter registration in five Southern states -- Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina. 1 page. | African Americans--Civil rights, Race relations, Voter registration | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Statement of the Mississippi Voting Rights Tour," 1971 | The statement expresses the purpose and goals of the tour. | Special events, Voter Registration, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
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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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