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Lena Richard (Image courtesy of Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Library Special Collections, Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University)

How Chef Lena Richard Became a Culinary Icon and Activist

Lena Richard was an African American chef who built a culinary empire in New Orleans during the Jim Crow era.

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