Voter Education Project

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The Voter Education Project was a civil rights-era initiative that worked to increase voter registration and political participation among African Americans in the U.S. South.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Georgia Project 1
Voter Education Project canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights initiative ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
voting rights organization ⓘ
activeDuring civil rights movement ⓘ
aimedTo increase African American voter registration ⓘ
reduce barriers to Black political participation ⓘ
strengthen local civil rights organizations ⓘ
contributedTo implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
cooperatedWith Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP

Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved late 1980s ⓘ
field civil rights ⓘ
electoral politics ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
focus African American voters ⓘ
political participation ⓘ
voter education ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
foundedBy Southern Regional Council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName VEP ⓘ
headquartersLocation Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
method data collection on voter registration ⓘ
grantmaking to local voter registration drives ⓘ
technical assistance to local groups ⓘ
notableFor channeling funds to grassroots civil rights groups ⓘ
coordinating voter registration efforts across Southern states ⓘ
notableImpact contributed to political empowerment of African Americans in the South ⓘ
helped register hundreds of thousands of new Black voters ⓘ
operatedIn Alabama ⓘ
American South ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
partOf broader civil rights movement infrastructure ⓘ
receivedFundingFrom federal government-related sources ⓘ
philanthropic foundations ⓘ
startTime 1962 ⓘ
supportedBy Johnson administration ⓘ
Kennedy administration ⓘ
targetDemographic African Americans in the U.S. South ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. → employer → Voter Education Project ⓘ
Stacey Abrams → founded → New Georgia Project ⓘ
linked to: Voter Education Project