Hank Klibanoff and co-author Gene Roberts won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History for their book The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation. This widely praised history documents the effect of news coverage on the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Klibanoff has spent over 35 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, most recently at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he served as Managing Editor. Prior to that he was the Deputy Managing Editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer and held correspondent positions with The Boston Globe, The Daily Herald and the South Mississippi Sun.

Noted journalist and historian Juan Williams brings decades of experience and insight into his current positions as Fox News Analyst and NPR Senior Correspondent. He is an Emmy Award-winning writer and was the author of Eyes on The Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, the companion book to the groundbreaking PBS Documentary Series about the Civil Rights Movement. Prior to his current assignments, Mr. Williams spent 23 years at The Washington Post where he served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House correspondent. He has written six highly regarded books of history and social commentary, including a landmark biography of Thurgood Marshall.