- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- VEP Press Release, November 7, 1976
- Creator:
- Voter Education Project, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1976-11-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Presidents - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- press releases
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Press release from the Voter Education Project describing the impact of the Black vote in the 1976 presidential election. The report found that the Black vote was decisive in several states, including South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In these states, the Black vote helped to elect Jimmy Carter as president and other Black candidates to local and state offices. The report also found that the Black turnout rate was higher than ever before, with an estimated 60-70% of registered Black voters casting ballots. This was due in part to the efforts of the VEP and other organizations that worked to register and mobilize Black voters.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1868
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
