Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey (never married) and was raised on a farm by her grandmother. Her name came from the misspelling of the biblical name Orpah.
At a very young age she liked to be in front of people, and would recite stories to people at the age of three. She moved to Milwaukee to live with her mother in 1960. However, in 1967, after repeated abuse and molestation, she ran away. When the police caught her, they tried to place her in a home for juvenile delinquents, but it was full, so they sent her off to live with her father Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a strict disciplinarian, but also made her do extra schoolwork, which helper her later in life. [Note: Oprah gave birth to a baby boy when she was only 14, but the baby died when it was only two weeks old.]
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So now let me get this right, anyone that dares to rise above the rest is to be considered an object of scorn? I don't care if the man has 50 houses or none as long as he can do the job, the fact that he has tried to make somehing of himself at least to me means that he has worked hard for it, much like those HARD WORKING Middle class Americans like most of us are Scott Brown included.