[1][2] She was the second African American to earn a doctorate in music, after Eileen Southern, her mentor and collaborator.
[1] Wright served as an assistant professor at Harvard University's Department of Afro-American studies from 1976 to 1981.
[1] In 1981, she file a suit against Harvard with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accusing the institution of race and gender discrimination.
[1] In 1997, she was named to the national artistic directorate of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Cincinnati.
[2] In 2019, she was elected an honorary member of the American Musicological Society "as a pioneer in the study and teaching of women's and African-Americans' participation in musical life.