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’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 ...