Ken Gulley
Artist
Ken was the grandson of famed African American chef and civil rights hero Carson Gulley (Arkansas, 1897-1962).
Carson Gulley was head chef at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1927 to 1954). After his death the "Carson Gulley Commons" was named in his honor. George Washington Carver referred to him as "an artist." Chef Gulley was also a local pioneer in television and radio cooking programming. From 1953-62 Gulley had his own weekly cooking show, called "What's Cooking," on local Maddison television station WMTV. Also, in 1953 he hosted a twice-weekly local radio cooking program, called WIBA Cooking School Of The Air, and each month compiled the program's recipes in booklets that listeners could send for.
Gulley led the Madison branch of the NAACP. Having failed for many years to buy a house in Madison, he made an emotional appeal to the Madison City Council's Committee on Human Rights. This partly led to the Fair Housing Ordinance.