Eboni K. Williams is an American lawyer and television host. She co-hosts the late-night talk show '' State of the Culture'' on Revolt TV. She co-hosted a talk show on WABC Radio in New York City and was a co-host of

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' 2017 show '' Fox News Specialists''. In October 2020, she was cast in ''

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'' for its thirteenth season.

Early life

Williams was raised by a single mother. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications and African American studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Juris Doctor 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 assisted New Orleans council-members in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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

, with appearances on ''

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'' and '' The O’Reilly Factor'', and has appeared as a co-host on '' Outnumbered'' and '' The Five''. Williams was a co-host for the '' Fox News Specialists'' afternoon show that first aired May 1, 2017, with co-hosts

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and Katherine Timpf. The show was created after the departure of Bill O'Reilly to rebuild the Fox News Channel lineup. ''Fox News Specialists'' was cancelled on September 8, 2017, after Eric Bolling departed from the network amid sexual harassment allegations. 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

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, replacing

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as Sliwa's co-host on the show. Her last show aired October 18, 2017. Williams described her time with Fox as "wonderful. 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." Williams hosts the program '' State of the Culture'' on Revolt TV. In October 2020, she was cast as the first African-American member of ''

'', joining its 13th season before the shows recast in season 14.

Bibliography

* ''Pretty Powerful'' (2016) .

References

External links

*
Eboni Williams archived biography
at Fox News * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Eboni Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Loyola University New Orleans alumni African-American journalists African-American women lawyers African-American lawyers African-American television hosts American political commentators American women lawyers Fox News people Alpha Kappa Alpha members 1983 births 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women Participants in American reality television series Public defenders