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Juan Williams

Juan
Williams, one of America's leading journalists, is a news analyst, appearing regularly on the
newsmagazines Morning Edition
and Day to Day.
Knowledgeable and charismatic, Williams brings insight and depth —
hallmarks of NPR programs — to a wide spectrum of issues and ideas.
From 2000-2001, Williams hosted NPR's national call-in show
Talk of the Nation.
In that role, he brought the program to cities and towns across America
for monthly radio "town hall" meetings before live audiences. The town
hall meetings were a part of "The Changing Face of America," a year-long
NPR series focused on how Americans are dealing with rapid changes in
society and culture as the United States enters the 21st century.
The series, supported by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts,
involves monthly pieces airing on
Morning Edition and
All Things Considered, as well as
Talk of the Nation
Williams is the author of the critically acclaimed biography
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary,
which was released in paperback in February 2000. He is also the author
of the nonfiction bestseller
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,
the companion volume to the critically acclaimed television series.
This Far by Faith: Stories from the African American Religious
Experience appeared in February 2003. This book was the basis for a six-part public
broadcasting TV documentary that aired in June 2003. In 2004, Williams
became involved with AARP's Voices of Civil Rights project, leading a
veteran team of reporters and editors in the production of
My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience.
The book presents the harrowing and haunting eyewitness accounts of some
50 activists who served as foot soldiers and field generals in the Civil
Rights Movement. In his 2006 book,
Enough,
Williams makes the case that while there is still racism, it is way past
time for black Americans to open their eyes to the "culture of failure"
that exists within their community.
During his 21-year career at
The Washington Post,
Williams served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House
reporter. He has won an Emmy award for TV documentary writing and won
widespread critical acclaim for a series of documentaries including
"Politics - The New Black Power." Articles by Williams have appeared in
magazines ranging from
Newsweek,
Fortune,
and
The Atlantic Monthly
to
Ebony,
Gentlemen's Quarterly,
and
The New Republic.
Williams continues to be a contributing political analyst for the Fox
News Channel and a regular panelist on
Fox News Sunday.
He has also appeared on numerous television programs, including
Nightline,
Washington Week in Review,
Oprah,
CNN's
Crossfire (where he frequently served as co-host), and
Capitol Gang Sunday.
A graduate of Haverford College, Williams received
a B.A. in philosophy in 1976. Currently, he sits on a number of boards,
including the Haverford College Board of Trustees, the Aspen Institute
of Communications and Society Program, Washington Journalism Center
and the New York Civil Rights Coalition.
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