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Title: Oprah Winfrey by: Matt C.


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Oprah Winfrey by Matt C.
  • Oprah Winfreys life background

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Oprah
  • Oprah was born in 1954 on January 29th
  • She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi

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Oprah
  • Oprah came from a very poor life
  • Her parents split up when she was at a young age
  • She was sent to live with her grandparents until
    she was the age of six
  • At the age of six she went to live with her
    mother where she was molested by her uncles

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  • When she turned 14 she went to live with her
    father in Tennessee where she got into messing
    with drugs and alcohol.
  • She was then offered a scholarship to the
    university of Tennessee where she studied
    journalism and media

5
Oprah
  • She was hired as a news castor and reporter for a
    television station in Nashville
  • She was the first black African American women to
    be a news castor

6
Oprah
  • She then moved to Chicago to air on the
    television show AM Chicago (an early morning talk
    show)
  • After one year the show became The Oprah Winfrey
    show

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Oprah
  • The Oprah Winfrey show is rated the number one
    American talk show in the united states today
  • Oprah Winfrey is the richest African American
    female in the united states today.

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Oprah
  • The end
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