Donald V. WatkinsJul 31, 20195 minAdam and Sallie Watkins: A legacy of LoveBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 31, 2019 On July 21, 2019, I published an article titled, “Watkins Men Never Surrender Their Manhood....
Donald V. WatkinsJul 29, 20191 minDo You Want to Know What Love Is?By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 29, 2019 In the Watkins family, we have known what real love is for five generations. It all started...
Donald V. WatkinsJul 25, 20195 minThe Love Between a Father and His ChildrenBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 25, 2019 Last week, Alabama Media Group reporter/columnist Kyle Whitmire published an article that sa...
Donald V. WatkinsJul 21, 20195 minWatkins Men Never Surrender Their ManhoodBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 21, 2019 During our highly publicized trials and tribulations over the past few years, the world has ...
Donald V. WatkinsJul 20, 20199 minWeathering the Storms of AdversityBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 20, 2019 State and federal agencies have used every resource at their disposal in an effort to destro...
Donald V. WatkinsJul 18, 20195 minDonald Watkins Jr. Smacks Down Kyle WhitmireBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 17, 2019 Kyle Whitmire hates the Watkins family and what it has achieved in America. Whitmire is a r...
Donald V. WatkinsJul 14, 20195 minThe Sun Always RisesBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 14, 2019 My sentencing hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. CST in Birmingham, Alabama....
Donald V. WatkinsJun 27, 20194 minBrenda Lee Thompson Carter: One of God’s Greatest Gifts to HumanityBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on June 27, 2016, Updated on June 27, 2019 Three years ago today, I drove to Montgomery, Alabama to attend th...
Donald V. WatkinsJun 18, 20194 minIn the End, Judge Frank Johnson Needed Community Acceptance, TooBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on June 17, 2019 The 1954 Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas...
Donald V. WatkinsJun 16, 20194 minDr. Levi Watkins: The Father Who Taught Me How to be a Strong ManBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on June 16, 2019 My father was Levi Watkins. He was president of Alabama State University from 1962 to 1981....
Donald V. WatkinsMay 28, 20193 min“VU Med School Gets 1st Negro”By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 28, 2019 On May 29, 1966, The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) published an article announcing the ac...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 11, 20195 minA Mother’s Day Tribute to Lillian Bernice Varnado WatkinsBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 10, 2019 Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins, the matriarch of the Watkins Family, was the epitome of moth...
Donald V. WatkinsMar 27, 20196 minOpen Letter to the Children and Grandchildren of George C. Wallace, Jr.March 26, 2019 Dear Wallace Family Members, Many things have been written and said about former Alabama Gov. George Corley Wallace, Jr. His legacy as Alabam...
Donald V. WatkinsMar 9, 20193 minWe Feel Your LoveBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 9, 2019 Yesterday, a federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicted me on all ten counts of conspirac...
Donald V. WatkinsFeb 17, 20191 minOpening Statements on Tuesday in Watkins TrialPosted on February 17, 2019 Opening statements will kick off the start of the USA v. Donald V. Watkins, Sr. and Donald V. Watkins, Jr. criminal case on Tuesd...
Donald V. WatkinsFeb 3, 20194 minRosa Parks Embodied Greatness and Service to HumanityBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on February 3, 2019 I have written on many occasions that Rosa Parks was a dear friend of the Watkins family....
Donald V. WatkinsJan 30, 20192 minSpirit: Stallion of the CimarronBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 30, 2019 “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” is a DreamWorks animated movie that follows the advent...
Donald V. WatkinsJan 26, 20194 minMike Schmitz Stood Up For The DisinvitedBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 26, 2019 Yesterday, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) announced that it has re-invited ...
Donald V. WatkinsJan 20, 20194 minI Never Knew Her NameBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 20, 2019 I never knew her name, but I never forgot my chance encounter with her. It is as fresh i...
Donald V. WatkinsJan 13, 20196 minAL.com Retracts John Archibald's Fake Racist Quotation But Violates AgreementBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 13, 2019; Updated at 2:30 p.m. EST Today, AL.com retracted and apologized for a racist quotation c...