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Poll power : the Voter Education Project and the movement for the ballot in the American South

Faulkenbury, Evan, author

Overview

\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Subject: Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council) / Voter registration Southern States. / Civil rights movements Southern States.
• ISBN: 9781469651316, 9781469652009

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JK2160.F38 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE