Juan Antonio Williams[2] (born April 10, 1954) is a Panamanian-American journalist and political analyst for Fox News Channel.

[1] With the Eyes on the Prize production team, Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965 (1987),[3] 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.

[5] While at Oakwood, he was elected "student clerk" for his senior year, was editor of the school newspaper, and played sports.

Shortly thereafter it was revealed several female employees of the Post had filed sexual harassment charges against Williams.

"[17] NPR terminated his contract on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, two days after he made remarks on The O'Reilly Factor.

As to the reason for the termination of Williams' contract, NPR's president and CEO Vivian Schiller offered the following comment: "News analysts may not take personal public positions on controversial issues; doing so undermines their credibility as analysts..."[20] On October 21, 2010, Schiller told an audience at the Atlanta Press Club that Williams' feelings about Muslims should be between him and "his psychiatrist or his publicist—take your pick.

"[28] On December 9, 2016, on Fox Business Channel, Stuart Varney asked Williams, "Do you see yourself ever joining the Republican Party?"

"[29] On February 18, 2022, Williams wrote an opinion piece for Fox News entitled “Rap and drill music is part of America's racial problem”.

[30] A 2020 study found no causal relationship between drill music and real-life violence when compared to police-recorded violent crime data in London.

[31] Williams is the recipient of an Emmy Award for his work in television documentary writing and has earned critical praise for a series of television documentaries including Politics: The New Black Power, A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom, Civil Rights and The Press, Riot to Recovery, and Dying for Healthcare.

[33] Williams is a contributor to a number of national magazines, including Fortune, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Ebony magazine, TIME and GQ and frequents a wide range of television programs including ABC's Nightline, Washington Week on PBS, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

[26] Williams spoke at the Smithsonian's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, which ended legal segregation in public schools, and was selected by the United States Census Bureau as moderator of its first program beginning its 2010 effort.

The younger son, Raffi, studied anthropology and played lacrosse at Haverford College, his father's alma mater in Pennsylvania.

[47] Williams has been active on the Haverford College Board of Managers, in the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, and in the Washington Journalism Center.

[10][48] Williams has received many awards, including honorary doctorates from Haverford College and State University of New York.