Early Life and Career
Born in 1927 in Walsall, Staffordshire to Arthur Ford Ennals and his wife Jessie Edith Taylor. Ennals was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School and The London School of Economics, where he received a degree in international relations. Ennals worked for The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 1951 to 1959. In 1959, Ennals became a founding member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, and also become Secretary General of the National Council for Civil Liberties, a position that he held until 1966, when he become Information and Publications Officer of the Commission for Racial Equality.
Ennals's older brother, David Ennals was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Social Services.
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