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Signatories of a 1962 pledge to voluntarily obey John F. Kennedy's executive order banning racial discrimination in labor unions. The president had no power to enforce the order, so voluntary compliance was required; many unions continued to practice racial discrimination despite it.

Front row, L to R:
1. TBD;
2. Pres. John F. Kennedy;
3. Vice-pres. Lyndon Johnson.
Back row:
1. TBD;
2. TBD;
3. TBD;
4. Pres. Russell Crowell of Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union, AFL-CIO;
5. TBD;
6. TBD.

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