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.
71 Objects displayed
AllCollectionsObjects
  1. Browse Repository
  2. Archival Collections
  3. Voter Education Project Organizational Records
For:
  • Decade = 1950-1959
Madora Cobb, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Madora Cobb.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Madora Cobb.
Violet M. Harrison, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Violet M. Harrison, 79 Dale Street, Roxbury, Mass.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Violet M. Harrison, 79 Dale Street, Roxbury, Mass.
Alice Gufford, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Alice Gufford.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Alice Gufford.
E. Jamhett, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: E. Jamhett.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: E. Jamhett.
Gwendolyn Harrison, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Gwendolyn Harrison.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Gwendolyn Harrison.
Meacdes [?] Baones [?], circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Meacdes [?] Baones [?].
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Meacdes [?] Baones [?].
Dayse J. Dixon, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Mrs. Dayse J. Dixon.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mrs. Dayse J. Dixon.
Gladys Frances Barker, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Gladys Frances Barker.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Gladys Frances Barker.
Catherine E. Jackson, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Catherine E. Jackson.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Catherine E. Jackson.
Selma Hortense Burke, January, 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Selma Hortense Burke, January, 1950.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Selma Hortense Burke, January, 1950.
Pamlest Ande', circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Pamlest Ande', 647 E. 50th Place Chicago, Illinois, c/o A. Gayle.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Pamlest Ande', 647 E. 50th Place Chicago, Illinois, c/o A. Gayle.
Hulda Darlyne Atkinson, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Hulda Darlyne Atkinson, 322 Meerscheidt St. San Antonio, Texas.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Hulda Darlyne Atkinson, 322 Meerscheidt St. San Antonio, Texas.
Grace Washington Cummings, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Mrs. Grace Washington Cummings, 507 E. 20th Street, Little Rock, Ark.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mrs. Grace Washington Cummings, 507 E. 20th Street, Little Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Hugh Hancock Gregory, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Mrs. Hugh Hancock Gregory, 507 North Iris [?] Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Mrs. Hugh Hancock Gregory, 507 North Iris [?] Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ.
Florence Eaton, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Florence Eaton.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Florence Eaton.
Ruth C.[?] Greene, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Ruth C. [?] Greene.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Ruth C. [?] Greene.
Catherine E. Jackson, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Catherine E. Jackson.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Catherine E. Jackson.
Edith Marie Beasley, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Edith Marie Beasley.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Edith Marie Beasley.
Yoance [?] Parks Haul, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Yoance [?] Parks Haul.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Yoance [?] Parks Haul.
Vivian Vetolia Hyte, circa 1950
1945/1955
Written on verso: Miss Vivian Vetolia Hyte, 311 Pearl Street, Mound City, Illinois.
African American women, African American artists, Portraits and people
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Written on verso: Miss Vivian Vetolia Hyte, 311 Pearl Street, Mound City, Illinois.