Title Poll power : the Voter Education Project and the movement for the ballot in the American South / Evan Faulkenbury

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations Series Justice, power, and politics Justice, power, and politics. Contents Introduction -- Southern disfranchisement and the long origins of the Voter Education Project -- Setting up the Voter Education Project, 1959-1962 -- The Voter Education Project, 1962-1964 -- The second Voter Education Project, 1965-1969 -- The Tax Reform Act of 1969 and the undermining of the Voter Education Project -- Epilogue Summary "Creating and sustaining a social movement costs money. In the early 1960s, after years of grassroots organizing, civil rights activists convinced non-profit foundations to donate in support of voter education and registration efforts. One result was the Voter Education Project (VEP), which formally began in 1962, showed far-reaching results almost immediately, and organized the groundwork that eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Though local power had long existed in the hundreds of southern towns and cities that saw organized civil rights action, the VEP was vital to converting that power into political motion. Evan Faulkenbury offers a much-needed explanation of the crucial role philanthropy, outside funding, and tax policy can play in the lifecycle of social movements"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (JSTOR, viewed December 21, 2020) Subject Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council) SUBJECT Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council) fast Subject Voter registration -- Southern States Civil rights movements -- Southern States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. Civil rights movements Voter registration Southern States Genre/Form Internet resources. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469651323 1469651327 9781469651330 1469651335

Other Titles Voter Education Project and the movement for the ballot in the American South

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