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Quote 1
"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."- Oprah Winfrey -
Quote 2
"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."- Oprah Winfrey -
Birth
She was born on January 29th 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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Life
1954-1960 She lived with her grandmother on a farm -
Home
1960-1968 moved to an inner city ghetto in Milwaukee with her mother, stepsister and stepbrother
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Ran away
She ran away from home and barely escaped being sent to a juvenile detention center. She gave birth to a premature baby boy who died soon after birth. Oprah moved in with her father and stepmother in nashville.
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Scholarship
She won a scholarship to Tennessee State University based on her communication skills. she worked at the WVOL radio station while going to the university
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Special Stuff
Crowned Miss Black Tennessee and Miss Fire Prevention. She also took part in the Miss Black America Pageant
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Graduation
She graduated from Tennessee State University with a Degree in Speech and Performing Arts. Became first black TV new anchor reporter with WTVF-TV.
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Host
Moved to Baltimore to host 6 o'clock news with WJZ-TV.
on April 1st she was moved from news anchor to the WJZ-TV morning talk show host of "People are Talking"
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Chicago
Moved to Chicago, Illinois to host the talk show A.M Chicago for WLS-TV. The show was very successful.
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The Color Purple
Co-Starred in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple"
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
Aired for 25 seasons. In 2011, she launched her own TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. -
Website
Became first woman to be on forbes 400 richest americans.
Oprah Online started on AOL in partnership with ABC -
O
Fortune called O, the Oprah Magazine the most successful start-up ever in the industry.
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Best
Forbes has listed Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire.
Named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people.
The Color Purple was made into a Broadway musical, a producer.
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School
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls is a school in South Africa, for disadvantaged girls grades 8-12. It opened in January 2007 -
Medal of Freedom
Received Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2013 from Barack Obama. -
Award
Won the Cecil B. DeMille award. January 2018
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