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Walls, III, William "Dock"
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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | William "Dock" Walls, III |
| Address | 2455 W. Serene
Las Vegas, Nevada , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Apr 03, 2022 03:07pm |
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| Info | William “Dock” Walls III is a community and political activist, former aide to Chicago’s first African-American mayor, the late Harold Washington and is currently the director of the Committee For A Better Chicago.
Walls attended Horace Mann Elementary and Chicago Vocational High School. As a student at Chicago Vocational, he was a member of the Public League Championship Football team. After high school, he went on to Tuskegee University where he graduated with honors in 1980. In 1986, he graduated from IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is not an active member of the Illinois bar.
During the late Harold Washington’s successful campaign for the office of Mayor of Chicago, Bill Walls helped to organize the Lawyer’s Committee for Harold and served as president of Law Students for Washington and Assistant Scheduler. From 1983 to 1986, Bill served as Confidential Assistant to the Mayor.
Bill Walls co-managed Joyce Washington’s campaign for Illinois Lieutenant Governor which netted over 360,000 votes, served as National Political Director to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH, served as the main Illinois surrogate for John Kerry in his 2004 bid for U.S. President, was a Candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 2007, and a candidate for U.S. Representative (Illinois 1st District), in 2008.
Bill Walls has three children and six granddaughters.
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