{"id":30793,"date":"2005-05-09T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2005-05-09T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=30793"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:35:46","slug":"juan-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2005\/05\/09\/juan-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Juan Williams to discuss legacy of Brown vs. Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2005\/05\/72williamsjuan2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2005\/05\/72williamsjuan2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignleft\" alt=\"Juan Williams\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National  Public Radio&#8217;s <em>Morning Edition<\/em> and author of an acclaimed  biography of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, will give a  lecture titled <em>The Legacy of Brown vs. the Board of Education <\/em>at 7:30  p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Bates College Chapel. The public is  invited free of charge.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Part of a yearlong series of events examining the legacy of the 1954  Supreme Court case outlawing segregation in public schools, the event is  sponsored by the law firm of Skelton Taintor &amp; Abbott, the Harward  Center for Community Partnership at Bates and the College Lectures  Committee. For more information call 207-786-6195.<\/p>\n<p>Author of the critically acclaimed <em>Thurgood Marshall: American  Revolutionary<\/em>, Williams also wrote the nonfiction bestseller <em>Eyes  on the Prize: American&#8217;s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965<\/em>, the  companion volume to the notable television series. His book <em>This Far  by Faith: Stories from the African American Religious Experience<\/em> (2003) provided the basis for a six-part public television documentary.  In 2004, Williams led a team of reporters and editors in the production  of <em>My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights  Experience<\/em>, accounts of 50 activists from the civil rights  movement.<\/p>\n<p>During his 21-year career with The Washington Post, Williams  served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist and White House  reporter. He received an Emmy for TV documentary writing and has won  widespread praise for a series of documentaries including <em>Politics:  The New Black Power<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Williams contributes as a political analyst to the Fox News Channel  and is a regular panelist on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>. He has appeared  on many television programs, including <em>Nightline<\/em>, <em>Washington  Week in Review<\/em>, <em>Oprah<\/em> and CNN&#8217;s <em>Crossfire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Haverford College, Williams sits on various boards,  including the Washington Journalism Center and the New York Civil Rights  Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio&#8217;s Morning Edition and author of an acclaimed biography of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, will give a lecture titled &#8220;The Legacy of Brown vs. the Board of Education&#8221; at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Bates College Chapel. 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