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A 'Demonstration Plot' for Equality: A Qualitative Analysis of Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farm

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dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Laura Shayen
dc.contributor.committeechairAgozino, Onwubikoen
dc.contributor.committeememberCook, Samuel R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWimberley, Dale W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-20T17:53:05Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-20T17:53:05Zen
dc.date.issued2016-06-20en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to explore the biography of a white, Southern Baptist-reared Clarence Jordan and his goals in the creation of Koinonia Farm. This thesis explicitly evaluates these motives through the examination of archival material—specifically Jordan’s sermons and speeches—that uncovers Jordan’s own words and testimony. This thesis answers the following questions: (1) What was Clarence Jordan’s aim in founding Koinonia Farm and continuing to implement it over time? (2) How did he go about methodically achieving his aim? And (3) How effectively were the objectives achieved as reflected in measurable outcomes—did Jordan’s sermons frame his position so as to make Koinonia Farm work over its lifetime? Additionally, this thesis challenges the methods of Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farm in the way they employ the agricultural and industrial educational models as a means of liberation and uplift for African Americans and poor whites in Sumter County, Georgia.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:8143en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71376en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial Movement Theory of Framingen
dc.subjectCivil Rightsen
dc.subjectDiscourse Analysisen
dc.subjectKoinonia Farmen
dc.subjectClarence Jordanen
dc.titleA 'Demonstration Plot' for Equality: A Qualitative Analysis of Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farmen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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