2. Accomplishments
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• 5 Co-Authored Books
• Film: Academy Award
Nomination for The Color
Purple
• Radio
• Television Networks (Oxygen
and OWN)
• Recognized as most powerful
and most influential woman
in the world
3. Biographical Sketch
• Difficult Upbringing
• Mississippi to Milwaukee to
Nashville
• Extreme Poverty
• Rape
• Drugs
• Teenage Pregnancy
• Radio in Nashville
• TV began in Baltimore
• Moved to Chicago in 1983