Our project is about how Oprah Winfrey was a Leader and left a Legacy by her show, how she

played in the movie the color purple. Oprah first started at a job at a radio station serving the
African American community in Nashville. This is how she first started connecting to her
community. The then made another outreach to the community after she was more famous and
she responded to the racism that was shown to Obama when he made one of his speeches.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
SECONDARY SOURCES:
1. Oprah Winfrey bibliography Academy of Achievement, November 14 2014, .org, December
13 2014, http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1
Oprah Winfrey started as a little girl who had a rough life style growing up. She got a Job
at a radio station after winning a pageant. The road to success started when she was young.
When she started working as a Co tv host, which soon turned into her own Oprah Winfrey show.
Growing up she was a leader and role model to the people who also had a rough upbringing.
This article is important to my website because it talks about her life growing up and who she
came to be on her show and the impact she left.
2. Oprah: President Obama disrespected because hes black, Racism has to die Chris Hoenig,
Diversity inc., .com, December 14, 2014, http://www.diversityinc.com/news/oprah-presidentobama-disrespected-hes-black-racism-die/
Oprah Winfrey responded to the insult that thrown at Barack Obama during his speech,
she talks about racism and how it needs to stop. Oprah talks about how race in politics does not
matter, and that her, herself has even been profiled while shopping.
3. The Oprah Effect INC., August 14, 2009, .com, December 14, 2014,
http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/08/oprah.html
Oprah Winfrey show had an effect on businesses that were featured on her show.
Everything that was featured on her show tripled in sales. This was called the Oprah Effect. This
article is important to my paper because it shows how Oprah has a big effect.
4. Oprah Winfrey reflects on the color purple Hitflix, February 6, 2014, .com, December 14,
2014, http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oprah-winfrey-reflects-on-the-color-purple-americasdisinterest-in-news-and-12-years-a-slave
Oprah only played in four films and her best movie that she played in was said to be the
move the color purple. She was a leader for starring in this movie because she had no acting
skills and didnt have the perfect body. She also did this because of the movies setting and the
moral meeting this move had. It was about racism and Oprah wanted to stare in it because the
movie had a great meaning.
5. How Oprah has changed the way we live Megan Clifford, May 20, 2011, .com, December
14, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/13/oprah.influence/

Oprah changed and affected people on the topics of weight issues, reading, race relations,
and giving back. This is important to my website because it talks about her show and way she
was a leader. This made me aware of the true Oprah effect.
6. Oprah Winfrey leadership qualities Dr. Famaz Namin- Hedayati, center for work
life, November 20, 2013, .com, December 14, 2014, http://www.centerforworklife.com/oprahwinfrey-leadership-qualities/
Oprahs leader qualities included her inspiration, humanist like qualities, she was
relatable, and she was emotionally intelligent. This is important for my website because it made
me aware of how important Oprah is.
7. Oprah Winfrey foundation gives save the children a 1,5 million grant to re-build the Matau
primary school in Zimbabwe Eileen Burke, save the children, May 23, 2011, .org, December
12, 2014,
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=6478593
&ct=10780921
Oprah donated 1.5 million dollars to rebuild a school in Africa. This article is important
to my website because it talks about how she helps give back and reaches out to the African
American community.
8. Oprah talks her career, how the color purple changed her life Christina Radish, Collider,
March 2014, .com, December 14, 2014, http://collider.com/oprah-winfrey-the-butler-colorpurple-interview/
Oprah talks about her role in the movie the color purple, this article is important to my
website because it talks about one of my main topics and it makes me aware of how greatly
Oprah felt playing a role in this movie.
9. Oprah Winfrey, fulfilling pledge to Mandela, opens south African school for girls Celean
Jacobson, the Washington post, January 3 2007, .com, December 14, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010200083.html
Oprah opens school in the south for girls by a donation. She made this donation of th
eeThis is important to my website because it shows how she was a leader and connected to the
African American community. This made me aware of how helpful and giving Oprah is.
PRIMARY SOURCES:
10. Contemporary sociology Jstor, Eva Illouz. January 2006, .org, December 14, 2014,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/30045678?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=o
prah&searchText=winfrey&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Doprah%2B
winfrey%26amp%3BSearch%3DSearch%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26am
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Oprahs culture and show brings out the best in her during her golden year and now as she gets
ready to retire from her show. The show also made her a different person, it made her a wellknown person by the whole world, and how that will leave her legacy. This is important to my
website because it talks about how she was a leader in media. It also talks about my three main
topics a lot.
11. Journal of social history Jennifer Harris, Jstor, Winter 2008, .org, December 14, 2014,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/27696469?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=o
prah&searchText=winfrey&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3FQuery%3Doprah%2B
winfrey%26amp%3Bprq%3D%2528oprah%2Bwinfrey%2Bleader%2529%2BAND%2Biid%25
3A%252810.2307%252Fi30045646%2529%26amp%3Bhp%3D25%26amp%3Bso%3Drel%26a
mp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bvf%3Djo
Oprah is perceived differently with black and white women. She also sometimes
perceived as a black-white woman because of the way she talks and acts to the white women on
her show. This is important to my website because it talks about how she is perceived on her
show and in the African American community.
12. Building leader through dance Siobhan Burke, Dance magazine, September 2012, .com,
December 14, 2014, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=1957609b-fe554a6d-a1eb
89d3b0765a0e%40sessionmgr111&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db
=a9h&AN=79277648
Oprah is being inspired by a former store of hers. It talks about how Oprah Winfreys
contributions to the leader academy in South Africa made a highlighting impression on her. This
is important to my website because it made me aware of how much help and money she had
donated to the South African community and schools, which helps prove the idea that she was a
leader in the African American Community.
13. Oprah Winfrey show ends, bur Oprahs legacy lives onGoodale, Ebsco, May 25, 2011,
.com, December 14, 2014, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=8&sid=1957609bfe55-4a6d-a1eb89d3b0765a0e%40sessionmgr111&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db
=a9h&AN=60821528
Oprah ends her role as a daily TV host, but she doesnt leave a job, because it more as in
reinventing herself as something else. She wanted to live her life now that her TV show is a great
hit and she has made an impact on so many people. She wants to focus on other things instead of
her show, and like every star, theirs just that time in life where its time to retire. This important
to my website because it talks about how her show left a legacy.
14. Oprah Winfrey Nelson Mandela, Ebsco, TIME, May 14, 2007, .com, December 14, 2014,
http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=1957609b-fe55-4a6d-a1eb89d3b0765a0e%40sessionmgr111&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db
=a9h&AN=24984192

Oprah is discussed about how she is a role model to the everyday people her watch her
show and how she was very focused on her career. Oprah was 100% committed to the
community to her show, to her career, to the donations she gave. This is important to my website
because Oprahs leadership was determined to be memorable in this article.
15. Oprah Winfrey Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th edition, created in 2014, .com,
December 14, 2014, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=26&sid=1957609b-fe554a6d-a1eb
89d3b0765a0e%40sessionmgr111&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db
=a9h&AN=39040628
She had a career in Nashville at age 17, she worked as TV host for the news at age 19,
then moved to Baltimore as a co-anchor in 1997. She moved to Chicago to host another talk
show. Her personality and voice made herself a popular host. She then got her own show. This
is important to my website because it gives good information on Oprah and how she was raised.