Frederick Williams worked for seven years on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The first three years he served as a legislative assistant to Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana and four years as special assistant for business affairs to Congressman Parren J. Mitchell of Maryland. Mr. Williams’ most rewarding accomplishment while working on Capitol Hill was his management of the King Holiday legislation through the Senate. He helped draft and strategize on how to get the bill passed. That initial legislation ultimately became the National King Holiday.
Mr. Williams is an adjunct professor of African American Studies at University of Texas at San Antonio: Areas of teaching include: Political Science from a Black Perspective, African American Political Thought, Introduction to African American Studies and Novelists of the Harlem Renaissance. He has also taught a course on Creative Writing at the University. Mr. Williams is also an author with two published novels and third one due out in early summer 2007. He is also founder of Readers and Writers Group of San Antonio. Each year they sponsor Fiction Writers Weekend in San Antonio, featuring outstanding African American writers throughout the country. Mr. Williams is recipient of the 2003 Frederick Douglass Award for outstanding teaching. He resides in San Antonio with his wife Venetta and daughter Carrie.