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Juan Williams
National Public Radio; FOX News

Juan Williams is a senior correspondent for National Public Radio and political analyst for the FOX News channel. He is also a regular panelist on the weekly news affairs program FOX News Sunday.

Williams began his professional journalism career at The Washington Post. In a 23-year-career there, he served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, White House and national correspondent.

He spent 18 months as host of NPR's afternoon talk show Talk of the Nation and, for nine years, was the host of the syndicated TV show, America's Black Forum. He's also appeared on numerous other programs, including Nightline, Washington Week in Review, Inside Washington, CNN's Crossfire (where he frequently served as co-host) and Capitol Gang Sunday. He was featured as a commentator in ESPN's award-winning series on top athletes of the last 100 years, Sports Century.

Williams is also a best-selling author of several books, including The New York Times best seller, Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America—and What We Can Do about It. He wrote the critically acclaimed biography Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary and the companion volume to the critically acclaimed TV series, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. His I'll Find a Way or Make One is a tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and This Far by Faith: Stories from the African American Religious Experience is the basis for a six-part PBS documentary. In '04, his book, My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience, was released.

He's won several awards for investigative journalism and his opinion columns. He also won an Emmy for TV documentary writing and widespread critical acclaim for a series of documentaries including, Politics: The New Black Power and A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom, which was featured on PBS. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines, ranging from Newsweek, Fortune and The Atlantic Monthly to Ebony, Gentlemen's Quarterly and The New Republic.

Williams was chosen as the keynote speaker at the start of the Smithsonian Museum's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision. He was also selected as the first speaker for C-SPAN's nationally televised series, Students and Leaders.

A graduate of Haverford College, he received a B.A. in philosophy. He sits on a number of boards, including the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism and the New York Civil Rights Coalition.