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Eboni K. Williams
Williams speaks on Sister Circle TV in 2019
Born
Eboni Kiuhnna Williams

(1983-09-09) September 9, 1983 (age 41)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
OccupationTelevision personality
Known forFox News Specialists

Eboni Kiuhnna Williams (born September 9, 1983) is an American attorney and television host. She currently co-hosts State of the Culture on REVOLT TV. [2][3] She co-hosted a talk show on WABC Radio in New York City and was a co-host of Fox News Channel's 2017 show Fox News Specialists.

Early life

Williams was raised by a self-employed single mother. She received her B.A. in Communications and African-American studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she earned her J.D. degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. As a law student, Williams clerked for the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Louisiana Attorney General's office, and also assisted New Orleans councilmembers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.[2]

Career

In 2008, Williams provided legal counsel in family law and civil litigation. She was a public defender and returned to private practice in 2010. Williams provided representation for clients in homicide, rape, drug, sex crime, and federal offense cases. She was a correspondent for CBS News and a contributor for Fox News, with appearances on Hannity and The O’Reilly Factor, and has appeared as a co-host on Outnumbered and The Five.[2][4] Williams was a co-host for the Fox News Specialists afternoon show that first aired May 1, 2017, with co-hosts Eric Bolling and Katherine Timpf. The show was created after the departure of Bill O'Reilly to rebuild the Fox News Channel lineup.[5] Fox News Specialists was cancelled on September 8, 2017, after Eric Bolling departed from the network amid sexual harassment allegations.[6]

On June 5, 2017, Williams joined WABC Radio as co-host of a noon-to-3 p.m. talk show along with long-time radio personality Curtis Sliwa, replacing Ron Kuby as Sliwa's co-host on the show.[7] However, her WABC gig was short lived, as her last show aired October 18, 2017.

In an interview Williams described her time with Fox:

It was … challenging. But I knew that, and I didn’t go there to be comfortable. Let me be clear, I did not walk into Fox News to be comfortable. I walked in there to disrupt.[8]

References

  1. ^ "IMDb". Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Eboni K. Williams– The "2016 Presidential Election" Interview". philasun.com. December 9, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Eboni K. Williams, Katherine Timpf and Eric Bolling to Host 5 p.m. Show on Fox News". The Hollywood Reporter. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Poll: Only 1% of African Americans Support Trump". Fox News. August 16, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Fox News Launches New 'Specialists' Show at 5 P.M." variety.com. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Fox News Ousts Eric Bolling After Probe Into Lewd Text Messages". The New York Times. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "Eboni Williams replaced Ron Kuby on WABC radio talk show". New York Post. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "Fox News confirms exit of Eboni K. Williams". The Hill. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.