Oprah Winfrey
Howard Stern may be the king of all media, but Winfrey is definitely the queen. This talk-show host/actress/magazine publisher/Broadway and Hollywood producer/studio mogul/philanthropist is consistent...
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01/28/1954
Kosciusko, MS |
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| Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Morehouse College in 1989. |
| At age 19, became the first black anchor on a Nashville nightly newscast, working first at WVOL before moving to the CBS affiliate WTFV-TV in 1975. |
| Received a total of 39 Daytime Emmy awards: seven for Outstanding Host; nine for Outstanding Talk Show; 21 in the Creative Arts categories. After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, she |
| Received the International Radio and Television Society's Broadcaster of the Year award in 1988, making her the youngest — as well as the first black female — recipient. |
| Initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers and testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the National Child Protection Act in 1991. As a result, |
| Won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant and competed in the Miss Black America pageant in 1971. |
| First black woman named to Forbes magazine's billionaire list in 2003. |
