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[[image]] [[caption]] Higginbotham [[/caption]] [[image - a sword in lucite]] [[image]] [[caption]] Rather [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Wellington [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Lewis [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Judge Higginbotham was recipient of The Edges Ruth Allen King Award [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Norton [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Barringer [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Norton, Wellington, Higginbotham, Burgess [[/caption]] THE EDGES GROUP, INC. E-EMPLOYMENT D-DISSEMINATION G-GROUP AWARENESS E-ECONOMIC S-SOLVING PROBLEMS Annual Luncheon-Waldor-Astoria-October, 1981 EDGES On 27 June 1969, EDGES, consisting of 28 Executives and Professionals, was founded. On 30 June 1972, EDGES was incorporated under the provisions of Section 402 of the Not-for-profit Corporation Law, State of New York. Members are individuals who are involved in activities or positions related to employment. The key letters of the major thrust efforts of the Group form the acronym, EDGES, "E" for Employment; "D" for Dissemination of information; "G" for Group development; "E" for Economic awareness; and "S" for Solving of problems Programme Welcome Aubrey C. Lewis President, The EDGES Group, Inc. Presiding Dan Rather Correspondent, CBS News 60 Minutes Invocation Reverend Floyd H. Flake Pastor, Allen AME Church Greets Honorable Hugh H. Carey Governor, State of New York Luncheon Introduction of Speaker Dr. Harry H. Wellington Dean, Yale Law School Address Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Presentation of EDGES Ruth Allen King Award Aubrey C. Lewis Response Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Court Benediction Reverend Floyd H. Flake 338