Oprah’s mother was a teenager when she gave birth to her. She worked as a housemaid, while Oprah’s father served in the Armed Forces. Vernon Winfrey was in the Army when his daughter was born ...
As a teenager, I would rush home from school to watch the Oprah Winfrey show. I adored Oprah — here was a Black woman whose early life was fraught with difficulties, but who pulled herself up ...
Oprah Winfrey isn’t just a public figure ... But before all of that, rural Mississippian born to an unmarried teenage mother who endured poverty, abuse, and prejudice in the deep south.
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Amazon Amazon’s big after-Christmas sale is packed with stellar finds — including a handful of products with Oprah’s stamp of approval. We dug through the site's ...