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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During 1984, the National Coalition sponsored OPERATION BIG VOTE coalitions in 25 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in the highest ever reported Black voter registration at 66.3 percent, an increase in turnout to 56 percent, and the net gain of 2.5 million voters, with plans to continue nationwide operations in the future. 6 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Operation Big Vote Newsletter, February 27, 1985
Date Created
1985-02-27
Description
During 1984, the National Coalition sponsored OPERATION BIG VOTE coalitions in 25 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in the highest ever reported Black voter registration at 66.3 percent, an increase in turnout to 56 percent, and the net gain of 2.5 million voters, with plans to continue nationwide operations in the future. 6 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, Voting, Groups and organizations
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Article on legislation proposed by Senators Charles H. Percy and Barry M. Goldwater to give formerly incarcerated individuals the right to vote after completing their sentence, as only 19 states automatically restore voting rights to felons, while others withhold the vote for a fixed time or deny it altogether for specific crimes. 1 page.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
"Percy, Goldwater Push Bill To Give Ex-Cons Voting Rights", August 11, 1975
Date Created
1975-08-11
Description
Article on legislation proposed by Senators Charles H. Percy and Barry M. Goldwater to give formerly incarcerated individuals the right to vote after completing their sentence, as only 19 states automatically restore voting rights to felons, while others withhold the vote for a fixed time or deny it altogether for specific crimes. 1 page.
Subject
Voting, Dispute Resolution
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on extending the Voting Rights Act and urban homesteading. 16 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Focus: The New Frontier in Our Cities, Vol. 3, No. 1, November 1974
Date Created
1974-11
Description
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on extending the Voting Rights Act and urban homesteading. 16 pages.
Subject
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on the Voting Rights Act of 1975. 8 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Focus: Voting Rights Act of 1975, Vol. 2, No. 7, May 1974
Date Created
1974-05
Description
Joint Center for Political Studies publication with articles on the Voting Rights Act of 1975. 8 pages.
Subject
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration, and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970. 29 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Summary and Text: The Voting Rights Act, September 1971
Date Created
1971-09
Description
This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration, and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970. 29 pages.
Subject
Voting, African Americans--Civil rights, Political science
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Press releases from the Republican National Committee regarding two Republican senators, Sens. Howard H. Baker of Tennessee and Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, sharing an office together on Capitol Hill, the appointment of a black gubernatorial aide, William D. Johnson, to the Governor's Office of Pennsylvania under Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, and the establishment of a plan to attract Black voters to the GOP by Clarence L. Townes, Jr., special assistant to the Republican National Chairman at the time. These press releases demonstrate the issues that most impacted the GOP as it attempted to establish itself as a leading party. 4 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Republican National Committee Press Releases, January 26, 1967
Date Created
1967-01-26
Description
Press releases from the Republican National Committee regarding two Republican senators, Sens. Howard H. Baker of Tennessee and Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, sharing an office together on Capitol Hill, the appointment of a black gubernatorial aide, William D. Johnson, to the Governor's Office of Pennsylvania under Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, and the establishment of a plan to attract Black voters to the GOP by Clarence L. Townes, Jr., special assistant to the Republican National Chairman at the time. These press releases demonstrate the issues that most impacted the GOP as it attempted to establish itself as a leading party. 4 pages.
Subject
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, Voting, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
The published Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed by the President of the United States on August 6, 1965. This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Act is printed on page 10. 20 pages.
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 1965
Date Created
1965-08
Description
The published Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed by the President of the United States on August 6, 1965. This publication is issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its clearinghouse function. It discusses the coverage, administration and other subjects covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Act is printed on page 10. 20 pages.
Subject
Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Voter Education Project Organizational Records