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Alabama A&M University Officials are Angered by Articles Exposing Their Decision to Waive a $527 Million Debt Owed to the School by the State
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 19, 2023 An Editorial Opinion In the wake of my December 18, 2023, article...
Donald V. Watkins
Dec 19, 20233 min read
Alabama A&M Attorney Rod Steakley’s Political Action Group Seeks Ban on Equitable Funding for HBCUs
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 18, 2023 An Editorial Opinion As we reported in November, longtime Alabama...
Donald V. Watkins
Dec 18, 20235 min read
Alabama A&M Forgives $527,280,064 Debt Owed to the University by the State of Alabama
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 16, 2023: Updated at 2 p.m. PST An Editorial Opinion Alabama A&M University...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 16, 20234 min read
Kenneth Bryan Dawson: The “Shot Caller” Who Sanctioned 1819 News' Hit Job on Fred "Bubba" Copeland
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 8, 2021; Updated at 9:20 a.m. PST An Editorial Opinion Kenneth Bryan Dawson...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 8, 20238 min read
Alabama A&M Trustees Form a Human Shield Around Embattled President Daniel K. Wims
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 5, 2023 An Editorial Opinion In the wake of recent media reports about...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Provost Daniel K. Wims to Alabama A&M University Professor Larry McDaniel: “I Am So Hard”
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 3, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Dr. Larry McDaniel, Sr., was a longtime,...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 3, 20236 min read
Birmingham-Southern College is on Its Deathbed!
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 2, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Last week, a state court judge in Montgomery...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 2, 20234 min read
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Timely Message to Alabama A&M President Wims, Board of Trustees
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 1, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Before he was assassinated in 1968, Dr. Martin...
Donald V. Watkins
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Is Alabama A&M Going to Collect Its $527,280,064 Debt from the State of Alabama, or Not?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 31, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Is Alabama A&M University going to collect its...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Daniel K. Wims Gaslights Weak and Compromised Alabama A&M Board of Trustees
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 30, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Last Friday, the Alabama A&M University board of...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 30, 20233 min read
Shannon F. Reeves, Alabama A&M’s New VP for Government Affairs, is Dripping with Tax Liens and Debts
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 29, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On October 23, 2023, Alabama A&M University...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 29, 20234 min read
The Importance of Exposing Alleged Sexual Predators Who Roam the Campus of Alabama A&M University
By Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 28, 2023 Editorial Opinion After I exposed the nest of alleged sexual predators...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 28, 20234 min read
What Happened to Norman Jones, a Former Alabama A&M VP for Finance & Daniel Wims Business Partner?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 26, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Norman E. Jones was Assistant Vice President for...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 26, 20233 min read
Dr. John D. Jones: Alabama A&M’s Newest Provost Forced Out of Three University Executive Jobs
By: Donald V. Watkins October 25, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On July 13, 2022, Alabama A&M University Alabama A&M University proudly...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Federal Judge: Alabama A&M Trustee Kevin Ball's Comments to Female Employee Were "Not Appropriate"
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 25, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On May 18, 2010, a federal judge in Birmingham...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 25, 20234 min read
Daniel K. Wims Was Fired From Three Administrative Jobs Prior to Becoming Alabama A&M's President
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 24, 2023 An Editorial Opinion At first blush, Alabama A&M University President...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 24, 20232 min read
Alabama A&M Board Agenda Omits Authorization to Collect $527 Million Owed to University by State
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 23, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On September 18, 2023, the U.S. Departments of...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 23, 20233 min read
Sex, Lies, and a Coverup: The Highly Questionable Firing of Alabama A&M Professor Edward L. Jones
Part 1-- A Tangled Web of Lies and Deceit By: Donald V. Watkins Coryrighted and Published on October 22, 2023 An Editorial Opinion...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 22, 20238 min read
A Tale of Two Schools: BSC Fighting for $30 Million; Alabama A&M is Afraid to Fight for $527 Million
By: Donald V. Watkins Coryrighted and Published on October 20, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Birmingham Southern College filed a lawsuit...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Alabama A&M’s Daniel K. Wims Begs Corporate Ally for Help in Attacking Watkins
By: Donald V. Watkins October 18, 2023 BREAKING NEWS--- In a throwback to the Richard Nixon “Watergate” era of "dirty tricks" operations...
Donald V. Watkins
Oct 18, 20231 min read
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