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60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 8, 2024 In Memoriam to Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., MD -- June 13, 1944 to April 11,...
Donald V. Watkins
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 6, 2024 If you are one of the 200,000 heart patients each year who received an...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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“VU Med School Gets 1st Negro”
By Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on May 28, 2019; Updated and Republished on September 1, 2023 On May 29, 1966, The...
Donald V. Watkins
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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“VU Med School Gets 1st Negro”
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 28, 2019 On May 29, 1966, The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) published an...
Donald V. Watkins
May 28, 20193 min read
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The Bridge Builders
The Watkins family has been bridge builders in America since the 1830s. Bridge building is a noble calling. Its impact is generational.
Donald V. Watkins
Apr 27, 20185 min read
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