EBONI K. WILLIAMS IS A LAWYER TURNED WAITRESS TURNED TV NEWS ANCHOR. THE JOURNEY WASN’T ALWAYS BLACK AND WHITE, BUT SHE’S NOT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.
Before she became a coanchor on the daily show The Fox News Specialists, Eboni K. Williams tried her hand at practicing law, acting and radio hosting. Today the author of Pretty Powerful: Appearance, Substance, and Success has found her niche as a voice on one of the nation’s most-watched cable news networks. The 34-year-old is also cohost of Curtis & Eboni on 77 WABC Radio in New York City and executive producer of a documentary about the killing of Eric Garner. Of the film, she tells ESSENCE, “American Trial [is] designed to shatter all those preexisting narratives. [We] find out what really happened and what we can do to prevent this type of tragic death from happening again, and elevate people’s consciousness on the issue.” Here Williams dishes on taking risks and venturing into new fields.
ESSENCE: You were a trial lawyer before becoming a journalist. Why the shift?
This story is from the September 2017 edition of Essence.
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