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Department of Health Education & Welfare (DHEW) Black
Federal employees at the Parklawn Building in Rockville, Maryland
conceived Blacks In Government. The organization was viewed
as essential to the Black civil service employee, based on
a wide assortment of racially motivated problems faced by
the DHEW Black employees in Rockville. BIG was organized in
Rockville, Maryland in 1975, and incorporated as a non-profit
organization under the District of Columbia's jurisdiction
in 1976. No single Civil Rights organization has at its sole
objective the development and enhancement of Federal, State,
County and Municipal African American civil servants. When
coupled with the fact that no single civil rights organization
has as its sole objective the preservation and enhancement
of Black civil servants, it became apparent that Black civil
servants had to unite and protect themselves.
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To some, this meant jeopardizing their careers.
To others, it meant duplicating some of the efforts of other
organizations. Still to others, it meant very little. Nonetheless,
Blacks In Government was organized in 1975 and incorporated
as a non-profit organization under the District of Columbia
jurisdiction in 1976. BIG has been a national response to
the need for African Americans in public service to organize
around issues of mutual concern and use their collective strength
to confront workplace and community issues. BIG's goals are
to promote EQUITY in all aspects of American life, EXCELLENCE
in public service, and OPPORTUNITY for all Americans.
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