| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Why the Higher Rungs of Power Elude Black Politicians", February 26, 1989 | 1989-02-26 | The article discusses the challenges faced by Black politicians, such as Andrew Young, who are seeking higher office in predominantly White areas, due to the resistance they face from White voters. 1 page. | African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Race discrimination, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| The Human Serve Fund Newsletter, February 20, 1985 | 1985-02-20 | A nonprofit voter registration organization newsletter focusing on decreasing voting gaps between Black and White voters, as well as an increase in women's participation in voting, largely due to organized voter registration efforts by human service agencies and other groups, although some pessimistic views were expressed regarding the overall turnout increase and its implications for declining voter participation trends, and the upcoming 1986 Senate elections were expected to feature hotly contested races with sharp ideological differences. 5 pages. | Voter registration, African American women, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Despite the Reagan Sweep, a Gender Gap Remains", November 13, 1984 | 1984-11-13 | The article discusses the gender gap in the 1984 Presidential election, which refers to the difference in voting patterns between men and women. Despite President Reagan's sweeping victory, the gender gap remained a significant feature of the political landscape, with Mr. Mondale's biggest women's majorities coming from minority groups. 1 page. | Political participation, Voting | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "More Blacks are Turning to the Politics of Frustration", July 15, 1984 | 1984-07-15 | "More Blacks are turning to the politics of frustration", "Federal workers await voter registration rule", and "Rev. Jesse Jackson and his "tribal politics". 6 pages. | African Americans--Politics and government, Voter registration, Race discrimination, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Voter Education Projects Report on Voting by Blacks", November 27, 1976 | 1976-11-27 | The 1976 southern Black vote, with record numbers of registered Black voters turning out to vote, was the most significant exercise of minority political power in the century, as evidenced by President-elect Jimmy Carter's margins of victory in the South and the victory of several congressional candidates, according to the VEP which conducted a year-long registration drive and mounted advertising campaigns and local drives to encourage voter participation. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Politicians Find Black Voters Put Carter Over in Dixie", November 14, 1976 | 1976-11-14 | Article on how the overwhelming turnout of Black voters helped Jimmy Carter win in the 1976 presidential election, posing a critical problem for the emerging GOP as it threatened the steady gains Republicans had made in the South, and some Republicans believed that the vote in their states was close enough to mean the GOP had not ceded the Solid South back to the Democrats. 1 page. | Voter registration, Voting, Political participation | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| "Drive to Register Blacks is Opened", August 25, 1976 | 1976-08-25 | A coalition of labor and civil rights groups called the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation has launched Operation Big Vote, a bipartisan registration drive aimed at registering millions of Black voters who have never voted before, with Democrats Jimmy Carter and Walter F. Mondale likely to be the major beneficiaries of any increase in Black voter participation. 1 page. | Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Labor | Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
| John Lewis, July 29, 1976 | 1976-07-29 | John Lewis, Executive Director of the Atlanta-based Voter Education Project, displays Proclamations from Governors of ten southern states designating July as �Voter registration Month�. 1 page. | Voter registration, Political science, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers | 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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