‘Upholding the Tradition’: Connecting Community with Literacy and Service-Learning at Claflin University by Corrie Claiborne and Stephany Rose
“Upholding the Tradition” explores the national program The Big Read and Claflin University’s attempt to form community partnerships in order to increase literacy in the primarily black, rural, and poor city of Orangeburg, SC, where the university is located. The essay includes interviews with the program director and with a key community member, Reverend Larry McCutheon,…