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AFL-CIO merger convention, 1955.
L to R: George Meany, president, AFL-CIO; Randolph, BSCP; Willard Townsend, United Transportation Service Employees; Walter Reuther, AFL-CIO executive committee. Randolph and Townsend were the only two blacks elected that year to serve as vice-presidents on the twenty-nine member Executive Council, the federation's governing body. Randolph retired from the council in 1974. Photograph courtesy: Frank Alexander Collection/George Meany Memorial Archives. |