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Oprah Winfery's childhood
Oprah Winfery was born by a single teenaged mother, Vernita Lee, and father, Vermon Winfrey. Her mother left her and travel to the north for work. Oprah spent her first years of her life in her mother’s farm in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She learnt to read from her grandmother in a very young age. At age three she was reciting poems and Bible verses in local churches. Due to the ability of reading and writing, she was enrolled in school and promoted several grades ahead of her age. -
Oprah's Experience with Sexual Abuse
By the age of nine, she had been sexually abused by her cousin, who was 19 at the time. It was this cousin who sexually abused Oprah for the first time. She was again abused by a family friend and an uncle a couple of years later -- ongoing abuse that she kept silent. At thirteen, she had run away from home, and by fourteen, she had become pregnant and had lost her child after birth. -
Oprah's big break
First show of "Pople are talking"
In 1976, Oprah Winfrey moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she hosted the TV chat show People Are Talking. The show became a hit and Winfrey stayed with it for eight years, after which she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show, A.M. Chicago -
"The Oprah Winfery Show"
Rare Video of Oprah Winfrey Singing!!By age 19, Oprah was hired by WTVF-TV in Nashville as a reporter/anchor, and later found her calling in a talk show called "People Are Talking." In January 1984, she came to Chicago to host WLS-TV's "AM Chicago," a faltering local talk show. In less than a year, she turned it into the hottest program in town, which was soon renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show." -
Oprah's most memorable moment
How Mattie Stepanek's Words Inspired Millions
Oprah introduced the world to an extraordinary little boy,poet and peacemaker Mattie Stepanek. The 11-year-old, who was wise beyond his years, had three wishes; To have his poetry published, to meet his hero Jimmy Carter to talk about world peace, and to meet Oprah and all came true. He became an Oprah Show regular and one of Oprah’s favorite guests. -
Oprah the billionaire
Real Net Worth $2.9 BillionWhen Forbes published its list of America's billionaires for the year 2003, it disclosed that Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire. -
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
The Oprah Leadership Academy for GirlsThe Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy is for Girls in South Africa. It is a girls-only boarding school that officially opened in Henley. Inspired by her own "humble beginnings" and disadvantaged background, Oprah Winfrey stated that she founded the Leadership Academy to provide educational and leadership opportunities for academically gifted girls from impoverished backgrounds in South Africa who exhibited leadership qualities for making a difference in the world. -
Oprah Winfrey receives "unimaginable" Oscar
Oprah Winfrey receives Honorary OscarOprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who grew up poor in Mississippi and rose to the top of Hollywood stardom -
Presidential Medal of Freedom
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's only black billionaire.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
