Oprah Winfrey: A Voice for the People. New York: Franklin Watts, King, Norman. Everybody Loves Oprah! New York: Morrow, Patterson, Lillie. Hillside, NJ: Enslow, Stone, Tanya Lee. Oprah Winfrey: Success with an Open Heart. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, Waldron, Robert. New York: St. Martin's Press, Toggle navigation. A turning point Winfrey said her father saved her life. Popularity of Oprah The popularity of Winfrey's show skyrocketed after the success of The Color Purple, and in September the distributor King World bought the syndication rights the rights to distribute a television program to air the program in one hundred thirty-eight cities, a record for first-time syndication.
Production Winfrey formed her own production company, Harpo, Inc. The future Although one of the wealthiest women in America and the highest paid entertainer in the world, Winfrey has made generous contributions to charitable organizations and institutions such as Morehouse College, the Harold Washington Library, the United Negro College Fund, and Tennessee State University.
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Not only did Oprah provide a gorgeous boarding school for these girls to attend, but according to Vanity Fair , she also provides the food, clothing, and other essentials that the students may need at no cost to them. In the late 80s, Oprah had interviewed members of the KKK. She did this with the intention of changing not only the minds of the KKK members but also to educate the world on the problem with racism in America.
Instead, she ended up only helping the KKK recruit more members to their organization. From that moment on, she made sure that each one of the segments on her talk show had the intention of helping people find the good in themselves.
It would no longer have the intention of popularity or ratings in mind. Since that time, Oprah has conducted thousands of interviews with a kind, cautious, and considerate heart. She has touched the lives of everyone that she has interviewed and she has made sure that they feel safe and welcomed when they walk onto her stage. She had singlehandedly changed the way the world viewed talk shows and the way that hosts would conduct their interviews in the future.
Most people may believe that Oprah became famous for being a world-renowned talk show host or an amazing actress. But we believe that Oprah Winfrey became so incredibly famous because she was herself. She showed the world that she is strong, courageous, caring, loving, sensitive, and above all else, a human being just like the rest of us. It will be sad to say goodbye," said Winfrey, "but I look ahead with such a knowing that what the future holds is even more than I can see.
Winfrey returned to acting in Greenleaf , which marked her first recurring scripted television role. The original family drama, which revolves around a Memphis megachurch, premiered on OWN in June In December , it was announced that Discovery had become the majority owner of OWN, with the purchase of Winfrey retained In June , Winfrey agreed to a multi-year deal in which she would create original content for Apple. As part of her partnership with Apple, Winfrey signed on as executive producer of On the Record , a documentary about several of the women who accused music producer Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct.
However, Winfrey abruptly pulled her support of the doc shortly before it was scheduled to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. According to Forbes magazine, Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century and the world's only Black billionaire for three years running. Life magazine hailed her as the most influential woman of her generation.
Winfrey is a dedicated activist for children's rights; in , President Bill Clinton signed a bill into law that Winfrey had proposed to Congress, creating a nationwide database of convicted child abusers. She also founded the Family for Better Lives foundation and also contributes to her alma mater, Tennessee State University.
In November , Winfrey received the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama gave her this award for her contributions to her country.
Winfrey campaigned for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in December , attracting the largest crowds of the primary season to that point. It was the first time Winfrey had ever campaigned for a political candidate. The biggest event was at the University of South Carolina football stadium, where 29, supporters attended a rally that had been switched from an 18,seat basketball arena to satisfy public demand.
Martin Luther King dreamed the dream. But we don't have to just dream the dream any more," Winfrey told the crowd. In November , Winfrey campaigned with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the first Black female nominee for a major party to run for governor in any state.
Winfrey knocked on doors and even participated in a town-hall meeting with the Democratic candidate. In the end, Abrams narrowly lost her election bid to Republican Brian Kemp. Winfrey and President Donald Trump have a long history together. Trump has also endorsed Winfrey on Twitter many times, from her decision to launch a television network to praising her interview with Lance Armstrong. After becoming president, Trump said that he was friends with Winfrey until he ran for office.
However, Winfrey has said that she does not want to and has no intention of running for president. DeMille Award, for lifetime achievement. In a powerful speech, she recalled being inspired by seeing Sidney Poitier honored at the Globes decades earlier, before emphasizing the importance of a free press and the power of speaking the truth in a "culture broken by brutally powerful men.
In , Winfrey helped give The Color Purple a new life onstage as one of the producers of the time Tony-nominated musical, which ran on Broadway until A revival of the musical, which Winfrey co-produced in , won a Tony Award.
Winfrey signed a multi-picture contract with Disney. The initial project, 's Beloved , based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison and starring Winfrey and Danny Glover, got mixed reviews and generally failed to live up to expectations. The line includes pizzas, soups, and sides like mashed potatoes and pasta.
In January , CBS announced that Winfrey would join the newsmagazine 60 Minutes as a special contributor in the fall. Winfrey has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham, a public relations executive, since the mids. They became engaged in but never tied the knot.
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