Oprah Winfrey As an actress, a television host, a communications executive, a reporter, and an African American woman, Oprah Winfrey proves to America daily that there is no stopping her. ... Winfrey, the first black woman to host a nationally viewed daily talk show, worked hard to get to the top and made it clear that the obstacles she faced were not going to discourage her. ... Along with favorable school grades, she won a number of beauty and talent contests such as Miss Fire Prevention, Miss Black Nashville, and Miss Black Tennessee. ... Winfrey's acting debut merited her nominat...

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Maya the poet, the author, the play-write, actress, mother, civil rights activist, historian, director, producer; Maya the Genius. ... It was sometime around 1945 that Maya became the first black female conductor for the San Francisco streetcars. ...

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