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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. George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO
  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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