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[honeychildoz]

Posted @withregram • @chefkulture Taking a look back in the black culinary history books with Zephyr Wright. She was the personal chef for President Lyndon B. Johnson. She Influenced him to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with her firsthand stories about discrimination. She was even there when he signed the Civil Rights Act and even gave her the pen he signed with and said “you deserve this more than anybody else.” Giving her that pen was small gesture by him but meant the world to her because not only would it change her life but change the future for black people in the USA. I love the fact that her cooking brought them together and her cooking and stories were part of the reason the President of the United States started to think about the way things were. If she isn’t a hero or an inspiration I don’t know what is. . . . . . . . . . . . . #chefkulture #blackhistory #blackculinaryhistory #blackchef #blackchefsnetwork #blackchefsmatter #chefhistory #historywasmade #supportblackownedbusinesses #supportblackbusiness #blackfoodie https://www.instagram.com/p/CThKmdwhpjF/?utm_medium=tumblr