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Zephyr Wright (née Zephyr Black; 1915 – April 25, 1988) was an African-American civil rights activist and personal chef for President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from 1942 until 1969.
14 de jun. de 2017 · Read about how Zephyr Wright, one of the 100 Greatest Home Cooks in America, helped influence Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act.
28 de feb. de 2019 · Zephyr Wright. Personal chef for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Told her firsthand stories about discrimination to Johnson, which is thought to have influenced his signing of the...
19 de feb. de 2024 · Zephyr Wright is a college-educated civil rights advocate that happened to be President Lyndon B. Johnson's personal chef. Here's what you need to know about her.
17 de ago. de 2023 · Zephyr Wright (1915-1988), born as Zephyr Black, stands as an indomitable African-American figure who etched her name into the annals of history. Her profound impact as a personal chef to Lyndon B. Johnson during his tenure as both a Congressman and President (1942 to 1969) is widely acknowledged.
16 de feb. de 2019 · Zephyr Wright watched as President Lyndon Johnson went through the many pens he used to sign the groundbreaking Civil Rights Bill in 1964. He handed her one, saying, “You deserve this more than...
15 de sept. de 2017 · We'll look at the life of Laura Dollie Johnson, who cooked for not just one US president, but two! Learn how her food made newspaper headlines throughout the 1880s and 1890s. And we'll explore the career of the formidable Zephyr Wright, who may have been the only person who dared to tell President Lyndon Baines Johnson to stick to ...
