Clarence Norris was one of the nine "Scottsboro Boys" who were arrested in 1931 in Paint Rock, Alabama and falsely accused of raping two white women on a freight train passing through the state. After their arrest, the Boys, who ranged from 13 to 18-years-old, were taken to Scottsboro, Alabama to await their trials. The passage of time revealed that all of the nine Scottsboro Boys were, in fact, innocent of the rape charges.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 28, 2022 Rosa Parks visits Lillian Varnado Watkins in her Montgomery, Alabama home. They were best friends and sisters in the civil rights movement for life. Most readers know that I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s and 60s. Many of the people I looked up to were community leaders who had criminal records in Alabama's local, state, and federal criminal justice systems. My childhood church pastor, Sunday Sc

On August 28, 2019, Donald Watkins walked into the Federal Prison Camp at Talladega, Alabama as Inmate No. 36223-001. He was the camp's only political prisoner. Today, Watkins walked out of the Federal Prison Camp at La Tuna in Anthony, New Mexico as a free man. This article tells the story of Watkins' journey to the other side of midnight.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 18, 2022 On July 31, 2022, I published an article on the lessons the nation has...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on August 4, 2022 EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS --- In October and November of 2017, I...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 24, 2022 On July 15, 2022, the Alabama Tax Tribunal finally issued an Order...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 17, 2022 Photo of 93-year-old U.S. Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit, Gerald Bard Tjoflat, an intellectual racist. An Editorial Opinion People of interracial goodwill often ask me to help them understand how systemic racism works in Alabama. I will use my own case to breakdown a real-life example of systemic racism within the criminal justice system. I chose this example because the business

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 9, 2022 EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS --- On June 6, 2022, Taylor Lea Perkins posed...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on May 15, 2022 BREAKING NEWS --- On May 2, 2022, I received a cry for help from Taylor...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 21, 2022 On April 12, 2022, I received an unexpected letter of inspiration from...

April 13, 2022 Dear Judge Jackson, I am writing this Open Letter to you to congratulate you on your confirmation as the first female...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published January 13, 2022 An Editorial Opinion In 1974, I was a young associate in the civil...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 22, 2021 It was the week before Christmas, 47 years ago. Mr. Charlie W....

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 28, 2021 When I ended my tenure as a Montgomery, Alabama city council member...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 19, 2021 An Exclusive Investigative Report Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based "dirty...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 5, 2021 On October 22, 1995, God gave me the gift of the daughter I had...

Special Investigative Report By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 21, 2021 New Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 12, 2021 While pledging Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Southern Illinois...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 31, 2021 U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia By the time I left FCI...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 19, 2021 Happy New Year, everybody! Here are my top five projects for 2021: 1....