Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams
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| Other authors / contributors: | Williams, Armstrong, 1959- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 July 29.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Newspaper columnist and radio host Armstrong Williams was born on February 5, 1959, in Marion, South Carolina. He grew up on a tobacco farm and graduated from South Carolina State University in 1981. A third-generation Republican, Williams was mentored by Strom Thurmond, for whom he served as a legislative aide. He worked in public relations before gaining prominence for his newspaper commentaries defending his former boss, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Soon he had a weekly syndicated column, and in 1991 got his own radio show. The Right Side with Armstrong Williams was broadcast on radio stations nationwide. Williams also hosted a nationally aired television program, The Armstrong Williams Show. He was a frequent guest columnist in several newspapers, and appeared as a regular political commentator on several radio and television programs. Williams was also CEO of his own public relations firm, the Graham Williams Group.
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