Thread by @The_War_Economy

(1) A Spotlight On Sidney Williams.

(2) Sidney Williams was born on March 24, 1942.

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(3) He was born in Shreveport, LA.

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(4) He grew up in Houston, TX.

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(5) He graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1959.

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(6) He studied at and graduated from Southern University.

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(7) He was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, as part of Kappa Lambda.

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(8) He then graduated from Pepperdine University, earning a master's degree.

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(9) He served in the National Guard of the United States, in both active and reserve duty.

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(10) Starting in 1964, Williams played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns NFL championship team, starting in the Defensive End.

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(11) It was here that Williams met Jim Brown, another player for the Cleveland Browns.

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(12) In 1965, Coca-Cola created a bottle cap with his face, name and position on it. At this point, he was a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns.

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(13) In 1966, Jim Brown formed the Negro Industrial and Economic Union to bring economic relief to the black community.

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(14) It was later renamed the Black Economic Union, and Williams was one of many to join the organisation.

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(15) He ultimately left the Cleveland Browns the same year.

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(16) This was because both he and Jim Brown were actually removed from the Cleveland Browns in trades by the owner, Art Modell.

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(17) Part of this was because Williams, Brown, Mike Howell, Leroy Kelly and John Wooten - all of whom were members of the Black Economic Union - revolted against the management of the Cleveland Browns.

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(18) This included the five not showing up for training when they were meant to be there.

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(19) In 1967, Williams appeared on a football card of the 1966 Cleveland Browns.

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(20) He then joined the Washington Redskins.

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(21) On June 4, 1967, Williams attended a meeting with Bill Russell, Lew Alcindor, Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter, John Wooten and Muhammad Ali.

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(22) The goal of the meeting was to decide whether or not they would publicly back Muhammad Ali's refusal to be conscripted into the United States Army as a conscientious objector.

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(23) This became known as the Cleveland Summit, where Williams stood with Muhammad Ali and publicly supported his refusal to enlist.

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(24) In 1968, Williams joined the Baltimore Colts.

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(25) In the same year, the Ford Foundation donated a $500,000.00 grant to the Black Economic Union.

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(26) In 1969, Williams joined the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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(27) Once his career in the National Football League was completed, Williams was then inducted into Southern University's Athletic Hall of Fame.

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(28) In 1974, Williams and Jim Brown stopped working at the Black Economic Union, which had become defunct.

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(29) After this, Williams worked as an aide to the Los Angeles City councilman, David Cunningham.

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(30) His official role was legislative deputy.

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(31) He first met Maxine Waters in this role, who was the Chief of Staff to David Cunningham. They then began dating each other.

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(32) Waters had started her role as Chief of Staff prior to Williams joining the team, back in 1973.

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(33) In 1976, Waters was successfully elected into the California State Assembly.

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(34) Because of this, her role was vacated, and Williams was promoted to replace her, becoming David Cunningham's new Chief of Staff.

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(35) In the same year, Williams also became a project manager for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.

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(36) The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency was also known as the Los Angeles West Adams Housing Program.

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(37) In 1977, Sidney Williams married Maxine Waters.

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(38) Because of their marriage, Williams became the stepfather for her two children; Edward and Karen.

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(39) In 1979, Williams ended his role as project manager at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.

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(40) He then started working at a Mercedes-Benz car dealership in Hollywood, CA.

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(41) He worked as a car dealer for 14 years, raking up more than 1,000 clients over this time.

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(42) He worked with Andre Dawson.

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(43) His work at the car dealership was appreciated by Carlton Jenkins, the President of Founders National Bank of Los Angeles.

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(44) Williams was part of a group known as the Funlovers, which featured Cunningham as a member. The Funlovers played golf every Sunday at the Montebello Municipal Golf Course.

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(45) At the time, the President of the Montebello Municipal Golf Course was Kenneth Collins.

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(46) He had been on vacation to the Bahamas three times.

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(47) He also founded his own organisation, which went by two names - The Williams Group or Williams Group International, Inc..

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(48) He was also a board member for the Minority Junior Golf Association.

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(49) He was a board member for Kazi House as well, which was a drug rehabilitation centre.

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(50) Kazi House, Inc. was incorporated in 1977.

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(51) In 1990, Waters was elected into the United States House of Representatives, defeating Bill DeWitt and Waheed R. Boctor. She was to represent California's 29th Congressional district.

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(52) This is a photograph of Williams and Waters from either 1990 or 1991.

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(53) In 1992, Williams was living with Waters in the heart of South-Central Los Angeles.

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(54) In 1993, Williams and Edward Waters were minority partners of American Golf.

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(55) They were attending a meeting where the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were entertaining bids on a contract for a company to run Chester Washington Golf Course in South Los Angeles.

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(56) They were successful, and American Golf was given a 20-year lease to run Chester Washington Golf Course.

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(57) Williams bought 15% of Chester Washington Golf Course for $15,000.00.

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(58) He ultimately earned between $140,000.00 to $400,000.00 by 2004 for his percentage of the ownership for Chester Washington Golf Course.

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(59) In February 1993, Waters wrote and sent a letter to Bruce Lindsey expressing her support for Williams to become the United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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(60) Around this time, President Bill Clinton was trying to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but Waters was refusing to budge on the issue.

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(61) On October 14, 1993, the Office of the Press Secretary released a statement that Sidney Williams had officially been nominated for the position of Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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(62) Williams' nomination was then sent to the Senate.

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(63) The Clinton Administration were cautious and did not want to rescind the nomination due to fears of angering the Congressional Black Caucus.

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(64) The nomination was then referred to the Committee On Foreign Relations.

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(65) On November 16, 1993, the Committee On Foreign Relations took a vote on Williams' nomination and moved it forward to the confirmation hearing.

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(66) On November 17, 1993, Waters voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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(67) On November 18, 1993, Williams spent twenty minutes at the Senate committee confirmation hearing.

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(68) Williams cited his experience at the Mercedes-Benz car dealership as sharpening his persuasion skills, and his experience in the National Football League as building his diplomatic skills.

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(69) He struggled with questions regarding drug trafficking and trade issues, which Senator Christopher Dodd attributed to nervousness.

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(70) While Senator Jesse Helms did not oppose the nomination, he sent Williams a total of 130 written questions to answer about his background and experience.

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(71) The nomination was ultimately put through 14-6 and sent to the Senate floor for confirmation.

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(72) It was the first time a black person was to serve as an envoy to the Caribbean nation.

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(73) On December 8, 1993, President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law.

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(74) On February 8, 1994, Williams was officially confirmed for the position of United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas by the Clinton Administration.

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(75) His nomination had been endorsed by the Department of State, due to his background in both politics and professional football.

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(76) The Department of State had also ordered for Williams and Waters to not speak with each other during the nomination period, and for Williams to remain out of the newspapers.

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(77) The nomination was criticised by members of the Republican Party on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which included Senator Richard Lugar.

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(78) However, his relationship with Waters was a boon to the nomination and eventual confirmation.

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(79) In April 1994, President Clinton was criticised for his choices for envoy posts, including his choice of Williams.

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(80) On February 4, 1995, Williams and Waters attended a gathering at the Bahamas Tourism Training Centre for the official Chartering Ceremony of the Bahamas Alumni Chapter.

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(81) In 1996, Williams was listed in a Department of State booklet as part of the United States Diplomatic Offices for the Bahamas.

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(82) In November 1996, Danny Villanueva, Sr. considered purchasing an NFL franchise in Los Angeles, and considered getting Williams' help with the project.

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(83) In 1998, Williams left his position as Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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(84) On February 24, 1999, Williams attended a state dinner in honour of the President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings.

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(85) In 2001, a minority-owned institute in Los Angeles which Williams had shares in was bought by the Boston Bank of Commerce. This led to Williams becoming a shareholder in the Boston Bank of Commerce.

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(86) He also began working part-time as a consultant for Siebert, Brandford & Shank, a municipal bonds firm.

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(87) He courted some of the politicians Waters had endorsed.

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(88) His work also included introduction Napoleon Brandford III and Siebert, Brandford & Shank to various key people in the state of California.

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(89) When he was hired for Siebert, Brandford & Shank, Williams had no experience in the bond business.

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(90) He called Willie Crittendon at one point - who had just been elected with Waters' help to the Inglewood school board - to tell Willie to do his homework on the bond deal.

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(91) Williams earned $54,000.00 from Siebert, Brandford & Shank for getting them the job as a bond underwriter for the Inglewood school board.

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(92) Each time he successfully completed a deal for them, Williams would earn a 10% share of its net profit, plus a $5,000.00 per month retainer.

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(93) Another big commission he did was helping Siebert, Brandford & Shank win a bond contract with California State Treasurer Phil Angelides. Angelides was another person Waters had endorsed.

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(94) It was a bonds deal pitched by Williams and Brandford III to Angelides to let Siebert, Brandford & Shank work as a bond underwriter for a $424 million project to build a prison in Delano.

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(95) Williams collected $84,393.00 of the net profit.

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(96) In 2002, Williams and Waters were investors in two different African-American owned California banks, which then merged with other lenders to form OneUnited.

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(97) At some point, Williams became one of the directors of OneUnited.

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(98) This is a OneUnited document with Williams' name listed as a member of the board of directors.

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(99) At this time, Williams was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Williams Group.

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(100) He was also a member of the Association of Black American Ambassadors.

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(101) He was also a member of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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(102) He was also listed on the documentation as a former member of the Board of Directors for the Southwest College Foundation.

It does not list a date on the documentation, so it is unknown when he became a former member.

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(103) In 2004, Williams contributed $1,000.00 to Gwen Moore.

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(104) In January 2004, Williams joined the board of directors for OneUnited.

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(105) In March 2004, Williams and Waters both bought shares between $250,000.00 to $500,000.00 at OneUnited.

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(106) In September 2004, Waters sold all of her shares in OneUnited, while Williams held onto some of his.

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(107) In December 2004, Williams said that his clients are disclosed only in public reports as the law required, but beyond that, nobody is allowed to ask about them.

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(108) Between 2005 to 2007, Williams and waters both earned $35,000.00 in dividends from his shares in OneUnited.

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(109) Executives at OneUnited sent campaign cheques to Waters.

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(110) Specifically, OneUnited executives donated roughly $12,500.00 to Waters' election campaigns.

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(111) In July 2005, Bernard Parks and Yvonne Burke began moving forward on a project to build a Department of Social Services facility at 83rd Street and Vermont.

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(112) Waters did not attend the final debates surrounding the issue, despite being vocal about it in prior discussions and her representation of the Vermont corridor.

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(113) At the same time, Williams was working for the developer, ICO, as a community relations consultant for the Department of Social Services project.

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(114) On November 19, 2005, Williams and Waters attended the Grand Opening Gala of the Muhammad Ali Center.

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(115) On March 31, 2006, The Williams Group donated $2,000.00 to Citizens For Waters, as did Sidney himself separately.

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(116) On May 20, 2006, Williams was honoured with a 2006 Phillis Wheatley Award given to him by Phillis Wheatley High School.

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(117) This was classified under HR. 767 by the State of Texas as part of the 79th 3rd Called Session.

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(118) On September 18, 2006, Williams and Waters attended the 75th birthday party of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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(119) On November 27, 2006, Williams and Waters attended the screening of "American Gangster", which was hosted by BET.

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(120) In 2007, Waters became the chairman of the House Financial Services Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee.

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(121) On October 24, 2007, Williams attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation.

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(122) On December 13, 2007, Williams contributed $1,000.00 to the Bernard Parks For Supervisor campaign.

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(123) By the end of 2007, Williams held two investments in OneUnited, valued at $250,000.00 and $500,000.00.

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(124) In 2008, Williams contributed $500.00 to Roderick Wright.

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(125) He also contributed $500.00 to Carol Liu.

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(126) On February 26, 2008, he attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation, where they discussed changes to open a new account with the Bank of America.

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(127) On March 18, 2008, Williams attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation, where they were still searching for a new banking institution for the foundation.

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(128) In April 2008, Williams stepped down as board member for OneUnited.

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(129) However, he remained an investor in OneUnited.

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(130) On April 15, 2008, Williams again attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation. Williams was still struggling with finding a financial institution for the foundation.

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(131) In June 2008, Williams' stocks in OneUnited were worth $350,000.00.

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(132) This was worth roughly 4.6% - 15.2% of Williams' and Waters' combined net worth.

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(133) On August 22, 2008, Robert Patrick Cooper sent Waters a letter requesting assistance - OneUnited was suffering from financial troubles.

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(134) On September 9, 2008, Waters held a meeting with the United States Department of Treasury, where executives of the OneUnited Bank of Massachusetts asked for funds.

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(135) The meeting also featured members of the National Bankers Association.

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(136) At the same time, Waters was being assisted by her Chief of Staff - her own grandson, Mikael Moore.

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(137) This was despite Representative Barney Frank warning Waters not to assist OneUnited due to OneUnited's ties to Williams.

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(138) Williams' stocks in OneUnited dropped from $350,000.00 to roughly $175,000.00.

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(139) This was due to the 2008 financial collapse.

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(140) Rep. Frank ended up sponsoring a legislative provision encouraging officials to provide special relief for banks such as OneUnited.

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(141) On October 21, 2008, Williams attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation.

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(142) On November 3, 2008, Williams contributed $1,000.00 to the Bernard Parks For Supervisor campaign.

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(143) On December 11, 2008, Williams and Waters attended the 10th anniversary fundraising dinner for the New Way of Life Re-Entry Project at the Proud Bird restaurant in Los Angeles, CA.

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(144) On December 19, 2008, the United States Department of Treasury gave OneUnited $12.1 million after they inducted the bank into a bank bailout program knon as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as an early participant.

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(145) In 2009, Mike Roos wanted Waters' assistance for Nehemiah Corp. of America, of whom Waters is a key ally.

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(146) Roos paid $15,000.00 to Williams in consulting fees at a time where Waters was co-sponsoring legislation to help save the real-estate finance business of Nehemian Corp. of America.

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(147) The legislation would have overturned the federal ban on middlemen. The ban still remains in effect.

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(148) Williams was paid because he was helping in trying to remove a Los Angeles hotel off a list of residential hotels that could not be turned into upscale lofts.

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(149) Separately, Waters claimed ignorance about the monies delivered to OneUnited from the United States Department of Treasury.

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(150) If OneUnited had collapsed, Williams would have lost $350,000.00.

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(151) In August 2010, Waters had charges filed against her due to the chance she may have broken ethics rules in requesting federal help for OneUnited while Williams was connected to the bank.

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(152) Waters blamed the W. Bush Administration for the charges.

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(153) On November 29, 2010, Waters faced her House ethics trial.

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(154) On February 17, 2011, Williams and Waters received Carter G. Woodson awards from Our Authors Study Club, Inc..

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(155) On June 19, 2012, Williams attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation.

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(156) On September 21, 2012, the House Ethics Committee cleared Waters of any wrongdoing in relation to OneUnited.

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(157) However, the House Ethics Committee continued to debate whether her grandson, Mikael Moore, acted improperly during it.

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(158) On November 1, 2012, Williams and Waters attended the Debbie Allen Dance Academy Fundraiser Gala at the BookBindery and Brick Buildings in Culver City, CA.

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(159) On November 9, 2012, the Alumni Wall of Fame at Phillis Wheatley High School was introduced, with Williams being one of the first inductees.

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(160) On February 22, 2014, Williams and Waters attended the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.

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(161) In May 2014, Williams was still listed as a part of the Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation Board of Directors, with his role listed as Community Leader.

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(162) On November 18, 2014, Williams attended a meeting with the Los Angeles Southwest Community College Foundation.

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(163) On November 20, 2014, Williams celebrated Rev. Jesse Jackson's 73rd birthday at the 16th Annual Rainbow PUSH Awards Dinner.

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(164) Starting in 2015, Williams began wandering around the floor of the House of Representatives, which was against Congressional rules.

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(165) Jermaine House, the spokesperson for Maxine Waters, denied this.

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(166) On March 3, 2015, Williams attempted to enter the Speaker of the House's lobby, but he was stopped by a doorkeeper.

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(167) Jermaine House said that Williams was only looking for the bathroom, however the bathroom near the Speaker of the House's lobby is for lawmakers only.

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(168) In February 2016, Williams and Waters attended the Children Uniting Nations Oscar Viewing Party.

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(169) On March 25, 2016, Williams and Waters attended the Los Angeles Missions' Easter Celebration of New Life at the Los Angeles Mission.

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(170) In May 2016, Williams and Waters attended a church service at the Macedonia Baptist Church and City of Refuge.

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(171) On May 7, 2016, former President Clinton thanked both Williams and Waters for their service and their friendship to himself and Hillary Clinton during the 2016 undergraduate commencement address at Loyola Marymount University.

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(172) This is a video of the commencement speech.

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(173) In 2017, Williams and Waters attended the United States Veterans Initiative's 21st annual Veterans Day Breakfast in Inglewood.

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(174) In July 2017, Williams and Waters attended a conference with the People's National Party Women's Movement in Jamaica.

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(175) On August 5, 2017, Williams and Waters attended the Black Girls Rock! Awards at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.

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(176) On November 13, 2017, Williams and Waters attended Glamour's 2017 Women of the Year Awards at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.

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(177) As of the present day, Williams is still listed as a board member for the Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation.

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