"Hands that pick cotton…..now can pick our public officials"
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
Established in 1962, the Voter Education Project (VEP) distributed grant funds to voter registration and education projects throughout the South during the Civil Rights Movement. Among others, the VEP funded programs were administered by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). In addition, the VEP conducted extensive research on Southern elections, voting patterns, and minority elected officials. The organization was also known as a reliable source for reports on voting and elections. This poster reflects the VEP’s work in the area of voter registration.
- Title: "Hands that pick cotton…..now can pick our public officials"
- Creator: Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
- Subject Keywords: Voter registration
- Type: document
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
- Repository: Amistad Research Center
- Extent: 1 p.
- Date: 1970
- Collection: Ernest Morial papers
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