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Oprah Winfrey’s public speaking career began with reciting verses in church at the age of three. Today, at the age of 51, she is America’s most popular talk show host, owns a popular magazine and cable TV channel, received an Academy Award nomination, and is ranked by Forbes magazine as the ninth most powerful woman in the world. Her path in life, that led from a broken home and abused childhood to becoming the first African-American woman billionaire, is a story of unrelenting determination mixed with a true caring for people.
Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954 to unwed parents, Oprah Winfrey was raised by her grandmother on a farm until the age six. Oprah watched her grandmother boil clothes in a big pot on the stove, because they did not have a washing machine. Her grandmother also made everything they had, because they had no money to buy things. Oprah was taught to read by her grandmother at a time when most children are learning to speak. She became an......

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