Oprah was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her name was supposed to have been "Orpah," after a biblical figure in the book of Ruth. Her father is Vernon Winfrey Vernita Lee; her grandmother was Hattie Mae Lee. Winfrey was a precocious child who begged her kindergarten teac...

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The buses were desegregated in December of that year and the boycott ended. ... Within eighteen months of its establishment 70 000 freedom riders had taken part in sit-ins across the country against segregated services. ...

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We entered the war after Pearl Harbor on December 8th, 1941, and ended it when Japan surrendered on August 14th, 1945. ... I went to integrated schools When I left school to sign up for the air force, I found out I could not go into the service with my friends. ...

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