Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

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Williams has received many awards including honorary doctorates from Haverford College and State University of New York.  
Enough: The Phony Leaders Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It.

" Williams has received an Emmy Award and critical praise for his television documentary work and he has won several awards for investigative journalism and his opinion columns. He was a senior news analyst for National Public Radio (NPR) from 1999 until October 2010.