Addie Wyatt

CTL-E-0084 · Person · activist · 1950s–1980s

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Labor leader, minister, and civil rights activist; first Black woman international vice president of a major U.S. union.

The record

Also known as: Addie L. Wyatt

Sources

Chicago History Museum collections (primary source)
Chicago Tribune retrospective coverage

Record CTL-E-0084 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BCI-001, SCI-004.
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Cite as: CultureTechLens, “Addie Wyatt (CTL-E-0084),” October 4, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0084/

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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