Williams is the author of "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965" (1987), 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 of the United States; 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. Williams has received an Emmy Award and critical praise for his television documentary work and he has won awards for investigative journalism and for his opinion columns. He has been at Fox News since 1997.