Oral history transcript, Zephyr Wright, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette

Biographical information; Wiley College; Dr. Melvin Tolson; CTJ and civil rights; LBJ is disappointed that Wright did not notice passage of the 1957 Civil Rights Act; LBJ complains that blacks are ungrateful to him; Robert Weaver, Roger Wilkins, Thurgood Marshall; LBJ on civil rights; LBJ and MLK; LBJ as an employer; cooking for the Johnsons; Sam Rayburn teases Wright; LBJ-Rayburn relationship; Wright fails to relay a phone call to LBJ; LBJ's working and sleeping habits; LBJ would phone in the middle of the night; LBJ brings unexpected guests for dinner; LBJ gets ill on seafood salad at Glassboro; LBJ's eating habits; LBJ's recreation; LBJ changes moods between the Ranch and Washington; Richard Russell; LBJ turns off the White House lights; LBJ balks at not having meat ration stamps in WW II; trying to keep LBJ on a diet; LBJ visibly ages in the White House; CTJ-LBJ relationship; LBJ at the symposium on civil rights at the LBJ Library