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outstanding, and talented. Early Life Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in a rural town of Kosciusko,Mississippi on January 29, 1954.Winfrey moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the age of 6 to live with her mother.She was so poor she wore potato sacks to school.Then in her early teens she was sent to Nashville to live with her father, a positive influence in her life. Winfrey started at Tennessee State University in 1971.At the age of 19 Winfrey became a news anchor for…

For my photoethnography project, I decided to observe local dive bar Frank & Marlee’s in Oxford, Mississippi. Frank and Marlee’s hosts a special every Tuesday called “Taco Tuesday” and offers dollar tacos, as well as eight-dollar margarita pitchers. Many students and residents frequent this tavern to enjoy drinks and food everyday. However even though many people find Frank & Marlee’s accepting and inviting, I discovered many attributes often don’t represent that notion. Todd Lynch and his…

born Fannie Lou Townsend in Montgomery County, Mississippi on October 6, 1917. She was born into poverty and grew up in a tar-paper shack with a roof patched up with tin, sleeping on a cotton sack stuffed with dry grass. She was the youngest child of twenty, which included fourteen boys and six girls. Her parents, Lou Ella and Jim Townsend, were sharecroppers. Her family moved to Sunflower County, Mississippi in 1919 from the east of the Mississippi Delta to work on the E. W. Brandon plantation.…

William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. Faulkner was the oldest of four children. When Faulkner was five years old, his father decided to move the family to Oxford, Mississippi. During his childhood, the adults around him would tell him stories about the civil war, slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, and his family history. A favorite tale among his family was of his great-grandfather, after whom he was named, who was a successful business man, writer, and war…

not only define Oprah’s childhood but also contribute to her impact on society. Vernita Lee conceived Oprah on January 29, 1954 while her Oprah’s father, Vernon Winfrey, served in the army. Oprah and her mother resided at a small farm located in Mississippi owned by Hattie May, Oprah’s grandmother (Nelson, 1896). Since Lee desired to improve her quality of life, she relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to find work, abandoning her daughter at Hattie’s Mays farm. Although Hattie May faced the…

Oprah Winfrey is the richest African-American of the 21st century. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in 1958, on the 29th of January. She is well-known as the most successful American television producer, host and philanthropist and is among the most influential women in the world. Winfrey is a successful African American business woman. Being the chairman and CEO of her own television network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). With a net worth of $3 billion, she is one of just two black…

Oprah Winfrey “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams”- Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, US, on January 29th, 1976. Her mother, Vernita Lee had Oprah when she was a young teenager. Oprah grew up with no father, and no financial support, as a young girl she even got teased for wearing a dress to school that was made out of a potato sack. At an early age Oprah started showing potential, she taught herself to…

On January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was born. She lived a troubled life growing up, which consisted of her being sexually abused by male relatives and friends of her mother. She has also disclosed giving birth at age fourteen, but her child died in infancy. Eventually, she moved in with her father in Nashville. Little did she know, her life would turn around quickly; she was going to be an American television host, actress, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.…

experiences into her stories. Eudora Welty was born in the great Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909, and died July 22, 2001. She attended Mississippi State College for Women, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University School of Business. Similarly, her excellent writing skills and past life in Mississippi become apparent in her short story "A Worn Path." For example, the story takes place in Natchez, Mississippi on the Natchez Trail. The short story is about an old Negro woman named…

the situation Without this pilgrimage Ms. Phoenix would not be able to continue on with life as the guilt and the realization of her grandsons death would plague her remaining life. According to the wittings of Roland Bartle a professor at the university of Oregon, “the journey to Natchez becomes a psychological necessity for phoenix as it is her only way…