- Fact 2 - Oprah Winfrey was born on
January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi
- Fact 3 - The name of the parents of
Oprah Winfrey were Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner and Vernita Lee,
a housemaid
- Fact 4 - Oprah was raised on a farm
by her grandmother, Grandma Hattie Mae
- Fact 5 - She then lived in a city
ghetto in Mississippi with family members. She suffered from
abuse and was raped by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend
- Fact 6 - She had a troubled time,
ran wild and had a son who died soon after birth
- Fact 7 - She then picked herself up
and won a scholarship to Tennessee State University
- Fact 8 - Whilst at university she
worked at the WVOL local radio station
- Fact 9 - Her looks won her the Miss
Black Tennessee and Miss Fire Prevention titles
- Fact 10 - Oprah Winfrey gained a
degree in Speech and Performing Arts and got a job as the first
black TV news anchor reporter with WTVF-TV in 1970
- Fact 11 - Oprah Winfrey then WJZ-TV
morning talk show host of People are Talking with Richard Sher
- Fact 12 - The Oprah Winfrey Show
began and her fame grew
- Fact 13 - She starred as Sofia 'The
Color Purple'
- Fact 14 - Oprah Winfrey won the the
National Organization for Women's Women of Achievement Award
- Fact 15 - Oprah Winfrey then became
engaged to Stedman Graham, a public relations executive
- Fact 16 - She won various Emmy
awards and became an author
- Fact 17 - Forbes' international
rich list has listed Winfrey as the world's only black
billionaire
- Fact 18 - She was named by Time
magazine as one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th
century
- Fact 19 - She was voted in 9th
place in the list of greatest Americans
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