Dr. Angela Farris Watkins is a civil rights activist, author, presenter, and educator. Dr. Farris Watkins has long been an advocate for the needs of different learners as well as those of African American students who are subjected to injustices. Her publications, Learning Styles of African American Children: A Developmental Consideration (Journal of Black Psychology) and Nurturing African American College Students: A Learning Styles Approach (in Mentoring African American College Students by L. Gallien and M. Peterson, Editors - Allyn & Bacon Publishers), bear witness to her concern for African American students. African American Psychology Review was written by Dr. Farris Watkins, a specialist in African American psychology (Allyn & Bacon Publishers). Dr. Farris Watkins has also received training in the nonviolent approach that her late uncle Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated. She leads teach-ins and workshops on Kingian Nonviolence to ensure that the legacy and values of her uncle are always upheld. Dr. Farris Watkins has authored several children's books about Dr. King, including Love Will See You Through, My Uncle Martin's Big Heart, and My Uncle Martin's Words for America (all published by Harry Abrams Publishers) (available in the Spring of 2012 – Simon and Schuster Publishers). Additionally, she contributed to the Infusion Model for Teaching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nonviolent Principles in Schools as an editor (a project for the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, funded by the United States Department of Education). Dr. Farris Watkins was baptized there as a young child and is a fourth generation Ebenezer Baptist Church member. She participates in a number of ministries there, including theatrical ministry, youth ministry, watch night worship committee, women's ministry, and Sunday School. Love never fails, 1 Corinthians 13:8, is her favorite verse..

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