About Dr. Aikins

A native of English, Texas, Dr. Aikins completed only the 8th grade.  He is a graduate of California State University at Los Angles (BA & MA in Government), a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC), Ph.D. in Political Science, Latin American Studies Field, and a graduate of Western States University School of Law, J.D. He practiced law for fourteen years in Southern California, representing plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases. While practicing law, he won several high profile employment discrimination-whistle blowing cases.

Other employment includes Assistant Professor of Political Science and Pan-African Studies in the California State University System, Instructor of Business Law in the California State University System, Political Science and Real Estate Law Instructor in the California Community College System, and Dean in the California Community College System. He recently spent three years in Costa Rica as director of a Spanish Language School. A Lifetime Member of the NAACP, Dr. Aikins served as Chair of the NAACP Legal Redress Committee, Long Beach, California Chapter for three years, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) , Orange County, Charter President of the Academic Booster Club, Edison High School, Huntington Beach, California, Vice-Chair of the Education Committee, Huntington Beach School District, Basic Skills Planning Committee, California State University, Fullerton, California. He has participated in many other community activities.

In addition to being an attorney, he holds Lifetime Community College Teaching Credentials in Government, Theory and Practice, local and International, Real Estate, Insurance, Ethnic Studies and Law, Lifetime Community College Supervisor Credentials and Lifetime Community College Chief Administrative Officer Credential. He is also a California Licensed Real Estate Broker.

Dr. Aikins life's journey has been one of Constant  challenges, growth, insight, acceptance of new  reality, and abandoning old ideas once accepted as truths. He is the author of While African Americans Slept: Leadership by Parasites, published by Zit Publishers, Inc., 2008, several articles and Monographs on Spanish Language, Consumer Awareness & Real Estate, Democracy and  Despair In Latin America. Dr. Aikins' research interest includes African Americans, Race and Place in Latin America, Black Leadership, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Reparations for African Americans, and The Black Male.  To purchase our books, please visit Zit Publishers.

Dr. Aikins speaks at Colleges, Universities, & Other Venues On the Following Topics:

  • Impact of Immigration on African Americans
  • Diversity vs Multiculturalism
  • Black Leadership: Time for Accountability
  • Diversity not Division
  • And Other Topics