Educational excellence for Black school-age students is a realistic and achievable goal. It has been accomplished many times in the past, despite America's historical mistreatment of its Black citizens and other marginalized groups. It is more than possible to achieve this worthy goal, once again. This article explains what it takes to do so.

U.S. District Court Judge Liles Burke is resurrecting 1950s-era bigotry in Alabama. The victims this time are attorneys for LGBTQ citizens.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 13, 2024 An Editorial Opinion I have been privileged to meet many great...

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By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 29, 2022 An Editorial Opinion In my lifetime, I have seen horrendous acts of...

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

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on June 30, 2020 The imprisonment of those who challenge the status quo is a practice...