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THE EDGES GROUP, INC.

E. EMPLOYMENT
D. DISSEMINATION
G. GROUP AWARENESS
E. ECONOMIC
S. SOLVING PROBLEMS

13th Annual Luncheon
OCT. 31, 1985 - NEW MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL

Keynote Speaker The Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Governor, State of New Jersey

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Honoree John H. Johnson
President, Editor and Publisher
Johnson Publishing Co.

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Gustav Heningburg
President
Gustav Heningburg Associates, Inc.

History
In 1969, EDGE's founder, Ruth Allen King then placement officer of the National Urban League's skills bank, perceived the need for an organization that would help recent corporate minority placements in their struggle to achieve managerial positions. Working with a group of business associates and former placements, Ruth proposed the formation of a consortium of black professionals whose prime thrust would be to assist in the placement and upward mobility of minorities in their newly established positions in the corporate world.

The group readily recognized the necessity not only to organize in the area of placement, but also to provide those individuals (as well as themselves) with a mechanism whereby this form of mentor-guidance would benefit all minorities involved in equal employment and affirmative action positions.

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