Oprah

Oprah Winfrey

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    Oprah's Life

  • Birth

    Birth

    Oprah was born on January 29th, 1954 in rural Mississippi.
    She lived with her Grandmother for part of her childhood.

  • Oprah moves to live with her mom

    In 1960, Oprah moved out to an inner city in Mississippi to live with her mom and other family members.

  • Oprah Moves Again to Live with her Dad

    In 1968 Oprah moved to Tennessee to live with her father and stepmother where her life turned for the better and she graduated as an honor student from her high-school.

  • Oprah Won a Scholarship to TSU

  • Oprah makes history at WTVF-TV

    She became the fisrt black news anchor at WTVF-TV

  • Oprah stars in ' The Color Purple'

  • Beings work on the Oprah Winfrey Show

  • Nominated for an Academy Award

  • Oprah created her own prodction company: Harpo Productions

  • Oprah won her first Emmy

  • Forbes named her as the worlds only black billionare

  • Oprah plans to discontinue her talk show

  • Debuts her new tv network: OWN

  • Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the President

  • Net Worth reach $3 billion