United States, Georgia, Sumter County, 32.03997, -84.197041953Koinonia Farm, founded in 1942 by Clarence Jordan and Martin England, began as an experiment to establish a racially integrated Christian community and working communal farm. This aerial view of the farm was taken in 1953.Aerial view of Koinonia Farm in Sumter County Georgia, 1953. Attempting to live out the principles of pacifism, simplicity, and racial integration, a pair of white Baptist ministers, Martin England and Clarence Jordan, established Koinonia Farm on 400 acres in rural Sumter County, Georgia in 1942. Four long buildings sit at the top of the photograph. Four smaller white buildings appear below these long buildings. The third building from the left is a two-story building; the others are single-story. Several barns appear at the bottom of the photograph. The farm is flat, and very few trees grow on the farmland.image/jpegJordan, Clarence. Papers, 1927-1977, Ms 756, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GAhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/koinonia-farmForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/Jordan, Clarence. Papers, 1927-1977, Ms 756, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GAhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/koinonia-farmForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaClarence Jordan PapersFarms--Georgia--Sumter CountyCommunal living--Georgia--Sumter CountyBarns--Georgia--Sumter CountyPoultry--Housing--Georgia--Sumter CountyFarm buildings--Georgia--Sumter CountyKoinonia FarmBaptists--Georgia--Sumter CountyCivil rights--Religious aspects--ChristianityNonviolence--Religious aspects--ChristianityChristian communities--Georgia--History--20th centuryGeorgia--Race relations--History--20th centuryRace relations--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th centuryPacifism--Religious aspects--ChristianityEngland, MartinJordan, ClarenceAerial View of Koinonia FarmStillImage