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If for whatever reason you need to find some quick info on the life of Oprah Winfrey here you go:
  • Oprah was born in1952 to a poor unmarried teenage mother in Mississippi.
  • During the Oprah Winfrey childhood, she made the move from the south to the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During this time, Oprah was tragically molested by multiple people within the family and by family friends.
  • She was a gifted student who skipped grades early on later leading to a scholarship to a high school in the Wisconsin Suburbs.
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show has won Emmys and is the highest rated talk show in the history of TV.
  • The popularity of the Oprah Winfrey Network has put her within the ranks of billionaires and is the only black person to do so.
  • She has also donated more money and time for charitable purposes than any other African American in history.
  •  She has been nominated for an Academy Award for acting, began a popular book club and has a website (oprah.com) that sees 70 million page views a month.