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Oprah Winfrey | Academy of Achievement

Born to an unwed teenage mother, Oprah Winfrey spent her first years on her grandmother’s farm in Kosciusko, Mississippi, while her mother looked for work in the North. Life on the farm was primitive, but her grandmother taught her to read very early, and at age three Oprah was reciting poems and Bible verses in local churches. Despite the hardships of her physical environment, she enjoyed the loving support of her grandmother and the church...

Keywords:: TSU, Tennessee State University, HBCU Alumni, HBCU, Oprah Winfrey

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Humanities / Africana or African American or Black Studies / Biographies

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: February 4, 2022
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 3, 2025
Author:: Academy of Achievement
Submitter:: Mikaela Wiley

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
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Language:: English
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