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The Most Famous Woman in Baseball Effa Manley was not only a baseball executive, but also a socialite, a civil rights leader, and a business leader. She was the first female to make it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Throughout her life, baseball was her life. Effa grew up loving baseball, and so did her husband, Abe Manley. Together, they owned and managed the Newark Eagles, a Negro National League franchise from 1934 to 1948. This movie will follow who Effa Manley was and how she…

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most significant people in the world. She is recognized as the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest African American Philanthropist, and the most influential woman in the world. Winfrey was born to an unmarried teen mother named Vernita Lee in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After Winfrey's birth, her and mother moved to a poverty stricken rural area to live with her maternal grandmother, in which they lived for Winfrey's first six years of life. Her…

herself, but for many others too. Oprah Winfrey best shows the human spirit because of her fight for the poor and her donations to charities, the challenges she encountered and overcame, and the legacy she established in our world today. Oprah Winfrey’s fight for the poor has led her to be a great example of the human spirit. To begin, Oprah Winfrey spends a lot of time and money on fighting for girls in South Africa. Author Ryan Haggerty shows, “Contributing more than $40 million to build a…

Oprah Winfrey wanted to make a difference in the world for herself and others. Oprah is an African American entrepreneur, TV show host, actor, and producer. She was actually the first black women to own and run a television network, where she created her own business, called the Harper Productions. The Oprah Winfrey Show was the highest-rated television talk show in history. Oprah also published her own magazine, namely the Oprah Magazine. In a free enterprise system, individuals have the…

transformed the lives of hundreds of students in grades 8-12, providing them with the educational and emotional tools to realize their dreams of pursuing careers in such illustrious fields as medicine, public service and architecture.” This paragraph shows just one of her many efforts to help young girls become stronger and more confident. Oprah made this school not only to educate the young women in the schools but teach them what they deserve and how to work for it which comes along with…

We all face obstacles throughout our lives, but it is up to us how we handle them. There are many of our favorite celebrities who have been through a bumpy road to get to where they are at today. One person in particular is Orpah Gail Winfrey, who today, we know as Oprah. She did not become a successful billionaire businesswoman overnight. There were some mountains she had to climb in order to get to where she is today, especially being an African American woman born in the south during the…

drew 31% more viewers than her biggest competing show, and carried the top ten markets in the United States. Oprah’s next success came in 1986 when she received a special award from the Chicago Academy for the Arts for unique contributions to the city's artistic community, and was named Woman of Achievement by the National Organization of Women. The Oprah Winfrey Show won several Emmys for Best Talk Show, and Winfrey was also honored as Best Talk Show Host. Through Oprah’s ongoing career she…

one that I would love to meet- Oprah Winfrey. She is the epitome of a black woman who takes charge and dominates whatever she puts her mind to. Although she is mostly known for her talk show, she has other great achievements that have made her one of the richest women in the world. As a media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, Oprah has shown me that I can tackle many jobs at one time and be successful at all of them simultaneously. Even though Oprah went through…

concluded a deal with the network to air a prime-time complement to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Throughout the next ten years of her show, until it ended in 2011, it was viewed on over 200 U.S. stations and more than 100 countries across the globe. Soon after, she made her own TV network in 2011, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and joined with Discovery Communications. Despite a financially rough start, she aired the show with an interview with Lance Armstrong. During the interview, Lance Armstrong…

Just about every human being on this earth has heard of Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey is the epitome of success. She is beautiful, happy, and a whole person. She is know for being the most successful talk show host, the first African American woman to own her on production company, and she now has her own television network called OWN. Even though she is the most successful woman on earth, she has gone through many tribulations to get to where she is now. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January…