The Life Of Oprah Winfrey!!
Early life
Oprah Winfrey is a TV talk show host/Actress.She has her own TV station,TV show,and many magazines and books.Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko,Mississippi to Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee.When she was little her mother Vernita moved up north in hope of finding a job.Oprah was left behind with her grandparents.Oprah's grandma Hattie Mae Lee taught Oprah how to read and write.Her grandparents were very strict.Oprah was helping on there farm but she loved to read all the time.In church when she would read out loud and everyone loved to listen.In 1960 Hattie Mae Lee became sick and Oprah was sent to live with her mom in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.When Oprah's mother saw her reading she would say stop reading you are wasting your time or go outside and play with all the other kids. She always was reading books every where she went.In school people made fun of her because she was so smart she was bullied when young.When she was living with her mother her mom would have many friends over and those friends were very mean to Oprah she often ran away from home alot she never felt safe.She would often get into trouble. From staying out late.In 1968 when she was fourteen Oprah went to live with her father And his wife Zelma in Nashville,Tennessee.Oprah's father had barbershop in Nashville. Her stepmother Zelma made sure Oprah read lots of books and always did her homework.Oprah did very well in high school mostly because she lived with her father and stepmother.In high school she joined the public speaking club she gave many speeches in school and also in church groups plus she would be apart of speaking contests.Oprah loved to speak about equal rights for women and African Americans.in Oprah's Senior year of high school she won some beauty contests and earned some money for college.She also got a job on the weekends reading the new at a radio station in Nashville.People who listened to the station loved to listen to Oprah.At the end of the school year when she was graduating she was voted Most Popular Girl.She also won Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville.In 1971 Oprah started college at Tennessee State.She had some favorite classes they were drama and speech.In 1973 she was 19 years old and she got a job as an anchorwomen.She was now the first African american anchorwomen and the youngest TV news reporter on Nashville TV stations ever.In 1976 she moved to Baltimore,Maryland to work as a news anchor women on TV.About 2 years later she started working on a morning TV show called "People Are Talking" the show was a huge success people loved how Oprah interviewed others.Also in 1984 she moved to Chicago to be on a show called "A.M. Chicago" this show was also very popular.Oprah was becoming a well known person.