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Oprah Winfrey is a self made billionaire who used imagination, creation, and innovation to achieve her successful career. She has her own TV show, she has gone into acting,  and was also a news anchor. She is also No. 23 on Forbes' 2021 Most Powerful Women List.

Link to source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oprah-Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey is a global media leader, philanthropist, producer and actress. For 25 years (1986-2011), Winfrey was host of the award-winning The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated TV show of its kind in history. As chairman and CEO, she has guided her successful cable network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network; is the founder of O, The Oprah Magazine; and oversees Harpo Films. In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama, the nation's highest civilian honor. Winfrey is an Academy Award-nominated actress for her role in The Color Purple, earned critical acclaim in Lee Daniels' The Butler, and produced and acted in the Academy Award-winning film Selma. Winfrey recently appeared in the HBO Films The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. She was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first Black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest Black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, Winfrey was awarded honorary doctorates by Duke and Harvard. She has received many other awards and honors throughout her career, including 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, awarded by the Academy Awards. Winfrey is a major philanthropist in the United States and abroad, particularly South Africa. She has donated more than $400 million to higher education, including 400 scholarships at Morehouse College. In March 2020, Oprah Winfrey committed $10 million to support those most impacted by COVID-19, particularly in areas where she has lived including Chicago, Nashville, Milwaukee and Mississippi. Her foundation has exceeded the initial $10 million commitment and is currently at $13 million.

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Oprah Winfrey is a global media leader, philanthropist, producer and actress.

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Maya Angelo was an African-American award winning poet and civil rights activist.  In 1993 Maya Angelo cited the poem On the Pulse of Morning,"  for president Bill Clinton. At the time she was recognized as the first inaugural poet in the United States.  During her career my Angelo continuously use diligence and persistence to reach her audience and to make her voice be heard. For all her hard work she was awarded the National Medal of Artsx, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom .

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https://achievement.org/achiever/maya-angelou/

Student Name: Lashai

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Willoughby McCormick used persistence to achieve his goals.  He started in 1889 in a one-room basement in Baltimore with only 3 helpers selling herbs and spice extracts door by door.  With his persistence, his company grew and is currently close to a $4 billion company.

Link to source: https://www.world-foodhistory.com/2016/06/mccormick-company-inc.html

Student Name: Terrell

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Edison was an American inventor, and he was well-known for developing many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, etc.
On January 1879, he built his first incandescent electric light, which was a failure. He tested thousands of materials to light up the lamp, which he mentioned, “ I tested no fewer than 6000 vegetable growths.” After 15 hours of failing, the filament finally burned out, marking his success. After many failures, he was not discouraged, and he kept clinging on his dream. Therefore, his hard work and perseverance helped him to be remembered till now for his contributions.

Link to Source:
https://www.fi.edu/history-resources/edisons-lightbulb

Student Name: Esther