Juan Williams

Juan Antonio Williams (born April 10, 1954) is an American journalist and political analyst for Fox News Channel. He writes for several newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has been published in magazines such as The Atlantic and Time. Williams has worked as an editorial writer, an op-ed columnist, a White House correspondent, and a national correspondent. He is a registered Democrat. Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965 (1987), a companion to the documentary series of the same name about the civil rights movement; Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary (2000), a biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first black American to serve on the Supreme Court; and Enough (2006), which was inspired by a Bill Cosby speech at an NAACP gala and deals with Williams' critique of black leaders in America. Williams has received an Emmy Award and critical praise for his television documentary work and he has won awards for investigative journalism and for his opinion columns. He has been at Fox News since 1997. Early life and education Williams was born in Colón, Panama, on April 10, 1954, to Alma Géraldine and Rogelio L. Williams. Williams' father was from Jamaica and his mother was from Panama. His family spoke English and Spanish. In a 2018 op-ed, Williams stated he had legally emigrated from Panama to the United States aboard a banana boat with his mother and his two siblings when he was four years of age. The family briefly lived in Pleasantville, New Jersey, before settling in Brooklyn, New York. Williams received a scholarship to attend Oakwood Friends School, a Quaker school in Poughkeepsie, New York. While at Oakwood, he was elected "student clerk" for his senior year, was editor of the school newspaper, and played sports. After graduating from Oakwood in 1972, Williams attended Haverford College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1976. Career The Washington Post Williams wrote for The Washington Post for 23 years.