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The Candace Award is an award that was given from 1982 to 1992 by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) to “Black role models of uncommon distinction who have set a standard of excellence for young people of all races”.[1] Candace (pronounced can-DAY-see) was the ancient Ethiopian title for queen or empress. “Candace, queen of the Ethiopians” is mentioned in the Bible: Philip meets “a eunuch of great authority” under her reign and converts him to Christianity (Acts 8:27-39).[2] The awards ceremony was held each year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[1]
The award was established in 1982 as part of an effort to increase recognition of the achievements of Black intellectuals. The award was given annually to several women and one man in select categories including arts and letters, business, community service, economic development, education, health, science, history, and technology. Sponsorship was provided by The Paddington Corporation (through their brand Baileys Irish Cream) and then by AT&T. Tiffany & Co. customized engraved crystal for the awards ceremony.[3] The President of the NCBW, Jewell Jackson McCabe, founded the award.[4]
Recipients 1982–1992
The following people received the Candace Award between 1982 and 1992.[5][6][7][8]
Year Recipient Category Note 1989 Margaret Walker Alexander Letters 1990 Maya Angelou Letters 1983 Gloria Jackson Bacon Health Founder and director of a not-for-profit clinic in Chicago[9] 1984 Ella Baker Civil Rights Activist 1983 Etta Moten Barnett Letters 1992 Kathleen Battle 1984 Daisy Bates Civil Rights Activist 1990 Derrick Bell Distinguished Service 1984 Mary Bell Communications First black woman to head a broadcasting company[10] 1982 Lerone Bennett, Jr. History 1983 Antoinette Bianchi Technology Founder of electronics firms in Maryland and Florida[11] 1983 Selma Burke Art 1986 Mary Schmidt Campbell Art 1986 Alexa Canady Science 1991 Elizabeth Catlett 1984 Leah Lange Chase Business New Orleans chef and restaurateur[10] 1983 Mamie Phipps Clark Humanitarianism 1982 Jewel Plummer Cobb Education 1988 Johnnetta B. Cole Education 1987 Johnnie Colemon Theology 1989 Janet Collins Arts 1983 Mattie Cook Community Service President of Malcolm-King Harlem College Extension in Harlem[12] 1992 Camille Cosby 1989 Patricia Cowings Science/Technology 1989 Carolyn Craven Journalism Reporter on KQED-TV[13] 1987 Christine Mann Darden Technology 1992 Julie Dash 1986 Eloise DeLaine Technology Specialist in aviation medicine[14] 1983 Suzanne de Passe Business 1989 Suzanne de Passe Trailblazer 1986 Helen O. Dickens Health 1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon 1988 Beulah Mae Donald Civil Rights Mother of Michael Donald; successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan[15] 1990 Hazel N. Dukes Community Service 1984 Patricia A. Duncanson Economic Development President of an electrical contracting company[10] 1987 Katherine Dunham Trailblazer 1982 Marian Wright Edelman Community Service 1982 Helen G. Edmonds History First black woman to second the nomination for a US presidential candidate[16] 1991 Joycelyn Elders 1982 Doris A. Evans Health and Science Pediatrician; “community innovator and philanthropist”[17] 1988 Michael A. Figures Civil Rights Alabama state senator; prosecuted KKK members in lynching[15] 1991 Ann M. Fudge 1992 Vicki L. Fuller Wall Street executive[8] 1983 Mary Hatwood Futrell Education Educator, president of the NEA[18] 1988 Althea Gibson Trailblazer 1984 Paula Giddings History 1987 Cheryl Glass Trailblazer First black female American racing driver 1982 Bonnie Guiton Business First black woman to serve in the cabinet of a California governor[19] 1989 Beverly Guy-Sheftall Education 1990 Clara M. Hale Humanitarian 1991 Ruth Wright Hayre President of the Philadelphia Board of Education[2] 1986 Dorothy I. Height Distinguished Service 1986 Freddye S. Henderson Business Pioneered the promotion of travel and tourism to Africa[20] 1988 Vy Higginsen Business Founder of the Mama Foundation for the Arts[21] 1988 Charlayne Hunter-Gault Journalism 1992 Hal Jackson 1982 Shirley Ann Jackson Technology 1990 Judith Jamison Dancer and choreographer, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 1989 John H. Johnson Distinguished Service 1987 Pam McAllister Johnson Communications President and publisher of the Ithaca Journal[22] 1984 Hazel Johnson-Brown Health 1992 Leonade Jones Treasurer for the Washington Post Co.[8] 1987 Coretta Scott King Distinguished Service 1983 Jewel Lafontant Distinguished Service 1990 Barbara Lamont Business First black woman to own a television station[23] 1992 Queen Latifah 1990 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Education 1983 LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. Science 1983 Ruth Love Education 1982 Lois Mailou Jones Arts and Letters 1986 Maida Springer Kemp Labor 1991 Brian Lanker 1991 Jennifer Lawson PBS executive vice president[2] 1982 Claudine B. Malone Economic Development CEO of consulting firm; named Ebony No. 1 Black Director in 1997[24] 1988 Winnie Mandela Distinguished Service 1992 Joan McCarley Co-founder of Grandma’s House, the first residential facility for HIV-infected children in the U.S.[8] 1991 La-Doris McClaney Los Angeles real-estate executive and philanthropist[2] 1990 Gay J. McDougall International Affairs 1989 Gina Barclay McLaughlin Community Service Child development specialist[25] 1986 Mable Parker McLean Education First female president of Barber-Scotia College[26] 1992 Michel McQueen 1982 Sybil C. Mobley Economic Development 1984 Undine S. Moore Education 1992 Sybil Hayden Morial Community activist and dean of Xavier University’s Drexel Center[8] 1984 Constance Baker Motley Distinguished Service 1982 Diane Powell Murray Technology Mathematician[27] 1986 Gloria Naylor Letters 1986 Nell Irvin Painter History 1990 Euzhan Palcy Trailblazer 1984 Rosa L. Parks Civil Rights Activist 1984 Jennie R. Patrick Science and Technology 1986 Frederick D. Patterson Trailblazer 1988 Ethel L. Payne Trailblazer 1982 Flaxie Madison Pinkett Business Civic leader, philanthropist[28] 1990 Vivian Pinn Science 1991 Bernice Johnson Reagon 1989 Condoleezza Rice International Affairs 1984 Faith Ringgold Arts and Letters 1982 Rachel Robinson Distinguished Service 1986 Rose Mary Sanders, Esq. Law First black female judge in Alabama[29] 1992 Hazle J. Shorter First black woman physician in the corporate history of DuPont[8] 1992 Jessie Carney Smith Black history scholar and author[8] 1982 Jeanne Sinkford Health and Science 1992 Percy Sutton 1992 Debbie Tate Co-founder of Grandma’s House, the first residential facility for HIV-infected children in the U.S.[8] 1986 Susan L. Taylor Communications 1986 Debi Thomas Trailblazer 1983 Rosina Tucker Labor 1986 Nomalizo Leah Tutu Humanitarianism Wife of Desmond Tutu; advocate for rights of women and workers[30] 1988 Cicely Tyson Distinguished Service 1982 Alice Walker Arts and Letters 1983 Patricia Walker-Shaw Economic Development 1988 Mary Helen Washington History Black history scholar[31] 1992 Maxine Waters 1989 Mary Lee Widener Economic Development CEO and President of Neighborhood Housing Services of America[32] 1984 Eddie N. Williams Public Service Public affairs specialist[10] 1983 Sylvia Williams History 1987 Barbara J. Wilson Business First black woman auto dealer[33] 1988 Donna Wood Arts and Letters Lead dancer in Alvin Ailey Company[34] 1982 Sara-Alyce Wright Community Service First black executive director of the YWCA[35]
References
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- “CHRONICLE”. The New York Times. June 26, 1991.
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- Noel, Pamela (1984-02-01). Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company.
- “CANDACE AWARD RECIPIENTS 1982–1990, Page 1”. National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Archived from the original on March 14, 2003.
- “CANDACE AWARD RECIPIENTS 1982–1990, Page 2”. National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Archived from the original on March 14, 2003.
- “CANDACE AWARD RECIPIENTS 1982–1990, Page 3”. National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Archived from the original on March 14, 2003.
- “Camille Cosby, Kathleen Battle Win Candace Awards”. Jet. 82 (13): 16–17. July 20, 1992.
- “Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon”. The History Makers.
- “NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; Thinking of Achievement”. The New York Times. November 8, 1984.
- “From Welfare to a Million-Dollar High-Tech Firm”. Ebony: 140. February 1984.
- “DR. MATTIE COOK, COLLEGE CHIEF”. The New York Times. April 15, 1987.
- “Carolyn Craven, Reporter For KQED’s ‘Newsroom’“. SFGate. November 22, 2000.
- “Editorial”. Indianapolis Recorder. July 12, 1986.
- “The Woman Who Beat the Klan”. The New York Times. November 1, 1987.
- “Edmonds, Helen Grey (1911–1995)”. Black Past. 24 September 2010.
- “Health Legacy of Cleveland Press Release”. EWorldWire. November 6, 2015. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- “Mary Hatwood Futrell”. The History Makers.
- “Bonnie Guiton, 1st Black Woman in Cabinet, to Quit”. LA Times. May 8, 1992.
- “Mrs. Freddye Henderson Has Earned a Special Place in the Hearts of Africa Travel Association (ATA) Members Worldwide”. Africa Travel Association.
- “At a Harlem Reunion, a Rancher From Missouri Meets His ‘DNA Cousins’“. The New York Times. March 14, 2007.
- Earl g. Graves, Ltd (April 1985). “Pressing for Power”. Black Enterprise: 42.
- “CHRONICLE”. The New York Times. July 17, 1990.
- “Top Black Corporate Directors”. Ebony: 38. January 1997.
- “Dr. Gina Barclay-McLaughlin”. University of Tennessee. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- Encyclopedia of African-American Education. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1996. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9780313289316.
- Warren, Wini (1999). Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press. pp. 201–203. ISBN 9780253336033.
- “FLAXIE MADISON PINKETT”. The Washington Post. May 17, 1995.
- “Mrs. Sanders to speak at banquet”. Gadsden Times. October 28, 1990.
- “Apartheid heroes honoured for their peace and justice work”. Anglican News. April 27, 2016.
- “Mary Helen Washington”. University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- “Mary Lee Widener”. Operation Hope. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- “National Coalition honors black women”. Washington Afro-American. June 23, 1987.
- “Donna Wood”. Thirteen.
- “Ticker Tape U.S.A.” Jet: 11. September 5, 1974.
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