Growing up becoming a billionaire is all a dream but who is to say what your future may bring? The road to success is like running up a hill but the catch is you are out of shape. Until that moment you are able to roll down that same hill with a breeze. It is not always where you started at but it is where you end.
Born into poverty on a remote farm in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954, Oprah Winfrey was born. As soon as she was born, her childhood began to take a turn for the worse. Her parents got a divorce right after she was born and they left her behind to be taken care of by her grandmother. Her grandmother was very tough on her about her education and with that she was able to read by the age of two years old. Oprah was able …show more content…
Not only was she able to perform well in education but also in performing arts such as drama and debate. Winfrey received a scholarship to attend Tennessee State University. Upon completing her freshman year in college, she began to start her media career. Oprah first television show was on the Columbia Broadcasting System as a co-anchor on the evening news. She was the first African American co-anchor on the show. After graduating from Tennessee State University she was offered to do multiple news updates and talk shows with WJZ-TV which was in Baltimore, Maryland as well as WLS-TV , American Broadcasting Company which was located in Chicago. Winfrey moved to Chicago, Illinois in January of 1984, and became a anchor on A.M. Chicago. Oprah changed the entire show from women issues to more of a controversial topics shooting her rating up to be better than a national talk-show host, Phil Bonahves. Within months the show was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show went on to win several award such as the Peabody Award in 1996, NAACP Image Awards for Entertainer of the year in 1989, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show in 1995 through
Born into poverty on a remote farm in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954, Oprah Winfrey was born. As soon as she was born, her childhood began to take a turn for the worse. Her parents got a divorce right after she was born and they left her behind to be taken care of by her grandmother. Her grandmother was very tough on her about her education and with that she was able to read by the age of two years old. Oprah was able …show more content…
Not only was she able to perform well in education but also in performing arts such as drama and debate. Winfrey received a scholarship to attend Tennessee State University. Upon completing her freshman year in college, she began to start her media career. Oprah first television show was on the Columbia Broadcasting System as a co-anchor on the evening news. She was the first African American co-anchor on the show. After graduating from Tennessee State University she was offered to do multiple news updates and talk shows with WJZ-TV which was in Baltimore, Maryland as well as WLS-TV , American Broadcasting Company which was located in Chicago. Winfrey moved to Chicago, Illinois in January of 1984, and became a anchor on A.M. Chicago. Oprah changed the entire show from women issues to more of a controversial topics shooting her rating up to be better than a national talk-show host, Phil Bonahves. Within months the show was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show went on to win several award such as the Peabody Award in 1996, NAACP Image Awards for Entertainer of the year in 1989, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show in 1995 through