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Zephyr Wright

1915–1988

United States

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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 B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson from 1942 until 1969. Wright influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; she had communicated her experiences living under Jim Crow laws to Johnson, which were later shared by Johnson with other influential lawmakers.

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