wgbh_tdcr_061 061 tdcr wgbh yes Rev. Frank Dukes : Selective Buying Campaign African American college students--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham Boycotts--Alabama--Birmingham Petitions--Alabama--Birmingham Mass meetings--Alabama--Birmingham Discrimination in public accommodations--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham Students--Alabama--Birmingham Minorities--Education Social justice--Alabama--Birmingham Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations African American soldiers African American college students--Alabama--Birmingham Equality Fairfield Industrial High School (Ala.) 11th Commandment (Birmingham, Ala.) Miles College Birmingham, Ala. Chamber of Commerce Southern Christian Leadership Conference Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka United States. GI Bill Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011 Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973 Dukes, Frank Pitts, Lucius Hosley, 1922-1991 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 In 1962, Miles College student Frank Dukes helped organize and participated in a selective buying campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. By boycotting downtown businesses that discriminated against them, African Americans used buying power as political leverage in the struggle for equality. In this interview, Dukes describes his role in the grassroots effort that shook Birmingham's economy. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 6-12. Lesson plans using this resource: Campaigns for Economic Freedom. A transcript of the Quicktime movie is available. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Frank Dukes Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Interviews Oral histories Transcripts Videorecordings Fliers (printed material) http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/dukesbuy/index.html text/html text/pdf video/quicktime 9.6 Mb ca. 6m 51s Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A Quicktime player may be needed to view the streaming video. A PDF viewer may be needed to view the transcript. 193-/1962 Fairfield (Ala.) Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. 20120131 163309