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$5,000 ENNIS FRANCIS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED AT CANDACE CEREMONIES
A special scholarship program has been established as part of the Candace Awards, which acknowledged extraordinary achievements by Black women and men, it was announced today. The official announcement took place at the Candace ceremonies, which were held at the Temple of Dendur, metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday evening, September 30, 1982. The awards are being underwritten by Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur.

The Ennis Francis Scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding student at Meharry Medical College, founded in 1976. The college has educated more than 50 percent of the Black dentists and physicians practicing in this country today. It is currently the only privately endowed American Medical Association accredited, predominately Black medical college in America.

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women will award the scholarship, with the financial support being donated by Mr. Alvin J. Ferro, President of Bailey's Original Irish Cream Liqueur.

Ennis Francis was born the daughter of a Georgian sharecropper. She never went further than grade school, but educated herself by "living with the problems in the community."

As an adult she was one of the city-wide coordinators of the Poor People's Campaign and worked jointly with the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on program development.

Ennis Francis, who died in 1980, emerged as one of the nation's most outstanding champions for peace and progress.

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