Dr. Samuel Augustus Owen was an iconic minister in Memphis, Tennessee. He was also an educational leader. This is his inspirational story.

State-supported, four-year degree-granting HBCUs are at-risk of being dismantled in the new political and higher education paradigm.

Birmingham is emerging as the Murder Capital of the U.S. Homicides are driving Birmingham's ascent to the most dangerous city in America.

Alabama's shabby treatment of its HBCUs makes their offers to purchase the Birmingham -Southern College campus unfeasible and impracticable.

Presidents of colleges under siege today could learn from the experiences of black college presidents during the civil rights era.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 3, 2024 An Editorial Opinion “White flight” is the elephant in the room that...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on November 9, 2014; Republished on March 12, 2024 My father was ecstatic...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 4, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Alabama State University (ASU) and Alabama A&M...

By: Donald V. Watkins October 10, 2023 An Editorial Opinion We all make mistakes in life. Universities make them, too, especially when...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 8, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Is Alabama A&M University President Daniel K....

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 6, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Most Alabamians have never heard of Walter F....

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...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 2, 2023 An Editorial Opinion Last year, a team of top officials from Alabama...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 28, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On September 19, 1995, Alabama State...

By Donald V. Watkins September 27, 2023 An Editorial Opinion The sports promoters at the center of the financial scandal involving the...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 26, 2023 A Commentary and Editorial Opinion On September 27, 2022, a podcast...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 25, 2023 An Editorial Opinion On September 22, 2023, I published an...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on September 22, 2023 An Editorial Opinion In 2021, the Alabama Sports Council, Inc.,...

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 8, 2023 Lillian Bernice Varnado Watkins, the matriarch of the Watkins family,...

One upon a time, Black men had real courage. One of them is Dr. Joe L. Reed. This is his story.