Distinguished Speaker Series

Fifth Annual
CSULB Distinguished Speaker Series

JUAN WILLIAMS

Fox News Political Analyst, Former NPR Senior Correspondent and Washington Post Award-Winning Columnist
New York Times Best-Selling Author

SPEAKING ON

Muzzled: Political Debate in America

How the media limits political debate and the continuing role of race in our national dialogue.

Thursday, October 20, 2011 • 7:30pm

Carpenter Performing Arts Center

6200 Atherton Street • CSULB Campus

Juan Williams is one of America’s leading political writers and thinkers. A top Washington journalist, he dares to examine American politics, civil rights, media, law, and culture with uncompromising integrity and insight.

Williams is currently a political analyst with Fox News. Previously, he reported for NPR as a senior correspondent and the host of “Talk of the Nation,” but was dismissed after commenting that Muslims in traditional dress boarding planes made him nervous. In the wake of the news organization’s controversial decision, Williams penned Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate, discussing “the countless ways in which honest debate in America…is stifled.” Prior to his stint at NPR, Williams was an award-winning writer and columnist for more than 20 years at The Washington Post.

An influential chronicler of the civil rights movement, Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 and of My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. He also penned Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure that Are Undermining Black America – and What We Can Do About It, and the acclaimed biography, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. With an honest and unflinching perspective of American race relations, Williams spurs individuals across the political spectrum to challenge their own assumptions and reexamine the role race plays in this country. He offers audiences a fresh perspective on the inner workings of America—from politics to race relations to the media—with captivating wit and fascinating insight.