Caucus scholarships

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:45:41 -0400

The head of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus will release a statement tomorrow on the recipients of its college scholarships.

In April, Rep. Alma Adams asked for an audit of the caucus' nonprofit foundation, after a previous chairwoman expressed concern that the group had spent too much money on an annual conference. A spokeswoman for the Greensboro Democrat said she would discuss some of the findings tomorrow.

"Any questions you have will be answered then," said Wanda Kay, Adams' research administrator.

To date, the foundation has not released the names of all scholarship recipients, but at least one is the son of a ranking member of the caucus.

Rep. Larry Womble, a Winston-Salem Democrat, was the foundation's second vice chair in 2006. The following year, his son, Jamaal, received two scholarship checks to attend Winston-Salem State University.

A spokeswoman for Womble referred all questions to Adams, but she noted that his son is not the only relative of a caucus member to have received a scholarship. Both Womble and Adams refused comment.

In 2005, the foundation gave out $54,318 in scholarships.

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