Film Screening Followed by Q&A Panel Featuring:

Donna Dukes, Director of Stand!

Dr. Frank Dukes, Miles College Civil Rights Leader

Rev. Willie Clyde Jones, Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Leader

Thank You

Joint Planning Committee

Dr. Rebecca Ballard, College of Education

Marylee Freeman, College of Education

Dr. Carlton McHargh, College of Education

Ms. Sarah Morrow, Graduate Student, Anthropology

Dr. Matthew Wolfgram, Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Program Sponsors

Sponsored by the College of Education, the Center for Economic Development,

the Department of Anthropology, UA Anthropology Club, the Department of Gender and Race Studies,

the College of Arts and Sciences - Multicultural Affairs branch, Hotel Capstone

and the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission

Order of Program

➢ Welcome and Introduction to the Film (Ms. Sarah

Morrow)

➢ Program Moderator (Dr. Carlton McHargh)

➢ Introduction of Panel (Ms. Fran Carson)

➢ Panel Discussion

➢ Questions and Answers

Rev. Dr. Frank Dukes

Reverend Dr. Frank Dukes was born in Fairfield, AL in 1930 in a community called Annisburg. A product of the Fairfield Public School System, most notably the renowned Fairfield Industrial High School, Dukes was a scholar, and a leader. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, and worked in the Chrysler automobile plant. Dukes returned to Birmingham and enrolled in Miles College,where he quickly became a popular student leader. Frank was elected S. G. A. President for the 1961-62 academic year, and, with the support of then president Dr. L. H. Pitts, immediately began galvanizing students to get involved and eradicate segregation.

He became part of the movement to de-segregate all of the department stores in Birmingham, including all the stores in Metro Birmingham. Their group and its’ supporters created the first and only successful boycott of Birmingham merchants, cleverly calling it a “selective Buying Campaign”. The Selective Buying Campaign resulted in the coming of Dr. King to Birmingham, and the rest as they say is history.

Director/Executive Producer Donna Dukes

Donna Dukes is a native of Birmingham, AL. She is a firm believer in the power of education and academic achievement. Donna graduated as salutatorian of Woodlawn High School at the age of 16 in 1987, valedictorian, with Suma Cum Laude honors of Miles College at 20 in May of 1991, and immediately began giving back. Donna founded the Maranathan Family Learning Center and Academy, Inc. (MFLC & A, Inc.), a non-profit school and learning center for at-risk youth and adults in September of 1991.

In 2002, concerned over the number of young people she encountered whodisplayed, in her eyes, an undeserved sense of entitlement,

Rev. Dr. Willie Clyde Jones

Dr. Willie Clyde Jones is a native of Birmingham, AL. He attended Miles College with a BA in Mathematics, has a Masters of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA, MA in Student Personnel, and Doctorate of Education in Administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.

He served as the Dean of Students at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa and Bishop State in Mobile, AL. He is the owner of EKH Church Supplies and pastor of Bailey Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church located in Tuscaloosa, AL for forty-five years. He is a member of many professional, civi, and social activities and has received numerous honors and awards.

coupled withinexplicable expressions of hatred for Caucasians, members of the gay communityand an alarming practice of size prejudice, Donna began working on STAND! Untold Stories from the Civil Rights Movement, a documentary which chronicles the events that preceded the civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama. Donna’s life goal is simple -- to help at-risk youth and adults attain their dream of earning a high school diploma; to improve self-esteem, and to promote inclusiveness and personalresponsibility.

He is married to Kay Frances Rice Jones and is the father of three children: Errol, Kennard, and Harriet. He has six grandchildren.