births
March 8, 1924
Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (died 2012)
Addie L. Wyatt
Addie L. Wyatt was a leader in the United States Labor movement and a civil rights activist. Wyatt is known for being the first African-American woman elected international vice president of a major labor union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Wyatt began her career in the union in the early 1950s and advanced in leadership. In 1975, with the politician Barbara Jordan, she was the first African-American woman named by Time magazine as Person of the Year.
March 8
March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 298 days remain until the end of the year.