OPRAH

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most successful talk show hosts and multimedia publishers in American TV history. FUN FACTS: At 16 she landed a job that paid her to talk. A Nashville radio station, WVOL, hired Oprah to read the news on the air, which she says she loved. This gig helped Oprah get her big…

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Women’s History Month: Women in Sports

  At A Glance:  Women in Sports 776 BC:  No girls allowed at the first Olympics 1884:  Women’s singles competition begins at Wimbledon 1896:  The modern Olympics returned in 1896, women were not allowed to compete 1902 – Since there was no women’s competition, figure skater Madge Syers of Britain enters the men’s world championships and…

Rosa Parks

  Rosa Parks (1913–2005) American civil rights activist. Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, indirectly led to some of the most significant civil rights legislation of American history. She sought to play down her role in the civil rights struggle but for her peaceful and dignified campaigning she became one…