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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NAACP resolution on the treatment of Black school students and how they are subject to higher numbers of punishment and expulsion in the system. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"NAACP Resolution", March 1982
Date Created
1982-03
Description
NAACP resolution on the treatment of Black school students and how they are subject to higher numbers of punishment and expulsion in the system. 1 page.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, African American students, African Americans--Education
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Article on the Klan rally in Millen, Georgia to support a White judge that denied custody to the mother of a White and mixed-race baby the White woman had out of wedlock. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Klan Expected to Stage Rally in Millen", February 27, 1982
Date Created
1982-02-27
Description
Article on the Klan rally in Millen, Georgia to support a White judge that denied custody to the mother of a White and mixed-race baby the White woman had out of wedlock. 1 page.
Subject
Race discrimination, African American women, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The article argues that the relationship between Black voters and the Democratic Party needs to be renegotiated, with power and responsibility shared fully, and suggests that running a Black presidential candidate in 1984 could force Democrats to appreciate the potential positive contribution of the Black vote to party politics and the nation, as well as to build a new progressive coalition that includes Hispanics, women, young people, poor Whites, and Native Americans. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Hey, You Democrats, We'll All Benefit if a Black Runs for President", by Jesse L. Jackson, circa 1980
Date Created
1977/1983
Description
The article argues that the relationship between Black voters and the Democratic Party needs to be renegotiated, with power and responsibility shared fully, and suggests that running a Black presidential candidate in 1984 could force Democrats to appreciate the potential positive contribution of the Black vote to party politics and the nation, as well as to build a new progressive coalition that includes Hispanics, women, young people, poor Whites, and Native Americans. 1 page.
Subject
Political participation, Voting, Suffrage, Race relations, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Brochure from the Voter Education Project describing unfair voting practices across Southern states. 13 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Election 76, Not Equal for All Americans", 1976
Date Created
1976
Description
Brochure from the Voter Education Project describing unfair voting practices across Southern states. 13 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Race discrimination, Race relations, Political posters, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A magazine article exploring the ongoing racial tensions in the American South. 17 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"The American South: Rise of a New Confederacy", November 17, 1970
Date Created
1970--11-17
Description
A magazine article exploring the ongoing racial tensions in the American South. 17 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A magazine article discussing the challenges faced by liberalism amid social change movements. 3 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"A New Chance for Liberals", May 1970
Date Created
1970-05
Description
A magazine article discussing the challenges faced by liberalism amid social change movements. 3 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newsletter published by Race Relations Information Center regarding race relations and school desegregation. 4 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Race Relations Reporter, No. 5, April 1, 1970
Date Created
1970--04-01
Description
A newsletter published by Race Relations Information Center regarding race relations and school desegregation. 4 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping highlighting the progress and challenges of race relations in the South. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Decade of Black Struggle Has Mixed Result in South", February 8, 1970
Date Created
1970--02-08
Description
A newspaper clipping highlighting the progress and challenges of race relations in the South. 2 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing criticism of Atlanta Mayor, Ivan Allen Jr.. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Allen Needs Help, Some Critics Feel", December 9, 1969
Date Created
1969-12-09
Description
A newspaper clipping describing criticism of Atlanta Mayor, Ivan Allen Jr.. 2 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The article discusses political figure Julian Bond, who is well-known and influential in the Atlanta Black community, but may not fare well among White voters in Georgia, and questions whether it is equally "racial" politics to suggest that in the future Black voters will only vote for a Black candidate. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"The Mayors Race", February 19, 1969
Date Created
1969--02-19
Author
Gulliver, Hal
Description
The article discusses political figure Julian Bond, who is well-known and influential in the Atlanta Black community, but may not fare well among White voters in Georgia, and questions whether it is equally "racial" politics to suggest that in the future Black voters will only vote for a Black candidate. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civic leaders, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Voting, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
In 1969, State Rep. Julian Bond predicted that a Black mayor would be elected in Atlanta, and that Black Atlanta would become the majority, resulting in either an orderly transition of government or a state of political cold war between the races, depending on the willingness of the Black community to unify and the White community to accept the inevitable future, and argued for the need for a strong political organization and ward elections in the city. With correspondence from Billie Pfiffner to Vernon Jordan concerning Julian Bond's interest in Congress over mayorship. 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Last White Mayor in '69, Bond Says", February 13, 1969
Date Created
1969--02-13
Description
In 1969, State Rep. Julian Bond predicted that a Black mayor would be elected in Atlanta, and that Black Atlanta would become the majority, resulting in either an orderly transition of government or a state of political cold war between the races, depending on the willingness of the Black community to unify and the White community to accept the inevitable future, and argued for the need for a strong political organization and ward elections in the city. With correspondence from Billie Pfiffner to Vernon Jordan concerning Julian Bond's interest in Congress over mayorship. 2 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civic leaders, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Voting, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A public information meeting in Atlanta, which was meant to be a presentation on the city's schools, turned into a heated debate between White and Black attendees on the commitment of school officials to improving education in economically deprived areas, with some speakers criticizing the quality of education in these areas and others endorsing the efforts of the school board to improve the situation. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Bitter Debate Rages on Ghetto Schools", February 11, 1969
Date Created
1969--02-11
Author
Hurt, Bob
Description
A public information meeting in Atlanta, which was meant to be a presentation on the city's schools, turned into a heated debate between White and Black attendees on the commitment of school officials to improving education in economically deprived areas, with some speakers criticizing the quality of education in these areas and others endorsing the efforts of the school board to improve the situation. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Education, Voting, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Flyer from the Lunenburg County, Virginia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) asking Black citizens to not support segregated newspapers. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Lunenburg County NAACP, circa 1970
Date Created
1968/1972
Description
Flyer from the Lunenburg County, Virginia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) asking Black citizens to not support segregated newspapers. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Race discrimination, Race relations, Political posters, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing a meeting of the Afro-Exonian Society to "exchange notes and viewpoints about certain topics, primarily the racial situation." 2 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"AES, Vietnam Symposium Held Over Weekend", May 22, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-22
Description
A newspaper clipping describing a meeting of the Afro-Exonian Society to "exchange notes and viewpoints about certain topics, primarily the racial situation." 2 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A copy of a newspaper clipping with an article written by Bayard Rustin describing racism in American institution. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Soul Searching Vs. Social Change", May 18, 1968
Date Created
1968-05-18
Description
A copy of a newspaper clipping with an article written by Bayard Rustin describing racism in American institution. 1 page.
Subject
Race discrimination, Race relations, Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A note and accompanying newspaper clipping describing the complications and inconsistencies regarding integration in the South. 3 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Pattern of Integration is Erratic in South After Collapse of Mass Rights Movement", May 29, 1967
Date Created
1967-05-29
Description
A note and accompanying newspaper clipping describing the complications and inconsistencies regarding integration in the South. 3 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Article entitled "White Backlash Sways Voting" describing white backlash to Black voter registration and Black Americans running for office. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"White Backlash Sways Voting", November 9, 1966
Date Created
1966-11-09
Description
Article entitled "White Backlash Sways Voting" describing white backlash to Black voter registration and Black Americans running for office. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race relations, Voter registration
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A survey published by the U.S. Department of Commerce comparing demographic statistics of Black Americans. 4 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Negro population: March 1965", Population Characteristics, December 27, 1965
Date Created
1965-12-27
Description
A survey published by the U.S. Department of Commerce comparing demographic statistics of Black Americans. 4 pages.
Subject
Race relations, Voter registration, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping describing the Alabama State Legislature's racial investigation committee hiring an investigators. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Race Committee Hires Agent", March 25, 1964
Date Created
1964-03-25
Description
A newspaper clipping describing the Alabama State Legislature's racial investigation committee hiring an investigators. 1 page.
Subject
Race relations, Race discrimination, Political science
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
A newspaper clipping highlighting the evolving terminology used to describe Black people in the United States. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"You Wouldn't Say 'Nigroo Power'", circa 1968
Date Created
1963/1973
Description
A newspaper clipping highlighting the evolving terminology used to describe Black people in the United States. 1 page.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American students, Race discrimination, Race relations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records