By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 10, 2019 Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins, the matriarch of the Watkins Family, was...

A true friend will never desert you on the battlefield of life during a firefight. Meet two of mine -- Ralph D. Malone and David Minkin.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 16, 2019 My federal court trial on ten counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, and...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 15, 2019 The fair administration of justice requires an appeal in my case. On March 8, 2019, a federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicted me on all ten counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, and wire fraud charges following a three-week trial. The jury also convicted my son, Donald, Jr., of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. Our sentencing is scheduled for July 16, 2019. In the aftermath of these convictions, my fami

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 9, 2019 Yesterday, a federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicted me on all ten...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 30, 2019 “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” is a DreamWorks animated movie...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 29, 2019 Brigadier General Royal Hatch was a retired Air Force officer. A...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 20, 2019 I never knew her name, but I never forgot my chance encounter with...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 13, 2019; Updated at 2:30 p.m. EST Today, AL.com retracted and apologized for...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 3, 2019 From September 25 through October 9, 2002, I headed a three-person...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 31, 2018 As 2018 comes to an end in a few hours, I thought it was the...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 15, 2018 A lot of people have asked me about the bogus wire and bank fraud charges federal prosecutors in Birmingham, Alabama brought against my son, Donald V. Watkins, Jr., and me last month. I have discussed these charges in several recent articles. There is some irony in the fact that this case will likely represent a “bookend” to a very fulfilling and exciting 45-year legal career. It comes at a time when I was

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on September 17, 2018 The little girl in the beach resort picture is Claudia Rose Watkins....

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on September 8, 2018 Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins and her husband, Levi Watkins, Sr.,...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on August 18, 2018 America’s midterm elections will be held in November of this year. ...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 26, 2018; Updated on November 13, 2018 When I attended K-12 schools in racially...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on July 2, 2018; Republished January 29, 2021 [Author's Note: I am republishing this...

The Blue Angels' awesome display of airpower and in-flight maneuvers is a visible reminder of America’s superior military might. This airshow is also a reminder to the crowd in attendance that all 325 million Americans live in the greatest nation the world has ever known. 

The Watkins family has been bridge builders in America since the 1830s. Bridge building is a noble calling. Its impact is generational.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 22, 2018 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace (left) greets a young Donald V. Watkins (second left) at the State Capitol in 1968. Wallace was running for President of the United States at the time. He won five Southern states, but lost the election. In 1968, I met Alabama Governor George Wallace in his office at the State Capitol. This meeting is memorialized in the photo below. I was on Spring Break as a sophomore at S