Donald V. Watkins
Birmingham is Emerging as the Murder Capital of the U.S.
Birmingham is emerging as the Murder Capital of the U.S. Homicides are driving Birmingham's ascent to the most dangerous city in America.
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Donald V. Watkins
May 45 min read
Alabama’s Shabby Treatment of Its HBCUs Makes Their Proposals to Acquire Birmingham-Southern’s Campus Unfeasible and Impractical
Alabama's shabby treatment of its HBCUs makes their offers to purchase the Birmingham -Southern College campus unfeasible and impracticable.
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Donald V. Watkins
Apr 276 min read
Today’s College Presidents are Clueless on How to End Peaceful Student Protests Over Israel-Hamas War Without a Violent Police Response
Presidents of colleges under siege today could learn from the experiences of black college presidents during the civil rights era.
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Donald V. Watkins
Apr 33 min read
Doomed: “White Flight” Killed Birmingham- Southern College
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 3, 2024 An Editorial Opinion “White flight” is the elephant in the room that...
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Donald V. Watkins
Mar 125 min read
A Father's Pride: Watching His Son Secure Justice for the Last Surviving "Scottsboro Boy" 45 Years After He was Falsely Accused of Raping Two White Women in Alabama
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on November 9, 2014; Republished on March 12, 2024 My father was ecstatic...
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Donald V. Watkins
Jan 43 min read
Alabama State and Alabama A&M Made It Possible for Gene Hallman to Get Rich by Selling Eventive Sports to Troon
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 4, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Alabama State University (ASU) and Alabama A&M...
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Donald V. Watkins
Oct 10, 20234 min read
What Should Alabama A&M Do About Its Daniel Wims Problem?
By: Donald V. Watkins October 10, 2023 An Editorial Opinion We all make mistakes in life. Universities make them, too, especially when...
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Donald V. Watkins
Oct 8, 20235 min read
Is Alabama A&M University President Daniel K. Wims a Closet MAGA Republican?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 8, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Is Alabama A&M University President Daniel K....
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Donald V. Watkins
Oct 6, 20235 min read
How and Why Alabama State and Alabama A&M Blew the New Magic City Classic Deal
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 6, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Most Alabamians have never heard of Walter F....
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Donald V. Watkins
Oct 4, 20235 min read
Alabama A&M Abandoned Its Superior Bargaining Power and Surrendered to Magic City Classic Promoters
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 4, 2023 An Editorial Opinion After a year of refusing to sign a new four-year...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 30, 20234 min read
Did Magic City Classic Promoters Skim a 20% Commission on City Money for Annual Football Game?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 2, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Last year, a team of top officials from Alabama...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Magic City Classic: Where’s the Licensing Fee Money?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 28, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On September 19, 1995, Alabama State...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 27, 20234 min read
Magic City Classic Promoters Ran Up Massive Debt With 2022 World Games
By Donald V. Watkins September 27, 2023 An Editorial Opinion The sports promoters at the center of the financial scandal involving the...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Coming Soon: The Rest of the Magic City Classic Story
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 26, 2023 A Commentary and Editorial Opinion On September 27, 2022, a podcast...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 25, 20235 min read
Magic City Classic Deals Spotlight An Inexcusable Lack of Financial Oversight by ASU and AA&MU
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 25, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On September 22, 2023, I published an...
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Donald V. Watkins
Sep 22, 20235 min read
Magic City Classic: A Classic Rip-Off of Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 22, 2023 An Editorial Opinion In 2021, the Alabama Sports Council, Inc.,...
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Donald V. Watkins
Mar 8, 20235 min read
Women's History Month: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins
By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 8, 2023 Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins, the matriarch of the Watkins family,...
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Donald V. Watkins
Feb 26, 20235 min read
Once Upon a Time, Black Men Had Real Courage: The Story of Dr. Joe L. Reed
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 26, 2023 After I became a civil rights lawyer in Alabama in 1973, I fought...
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Donald V. Watkins
Jan 24, 20235 min read
Birmingham Southern College Begs ASU and AAMU for Help in Securing Taxpayer “Bailout” Funding
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 24, 2023 An Editorial Opinion From 1981 to 2006, not a single one of Alabama’s...
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Donald V. Watkins
Dec 21, 20224 min read
Why Tuskegee University Gets State Funding
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 21, 2022 An Editorial Opinion There is a firestorm of controversy involving a...
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