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14, 1986; “Oprah Winfrey’s Commencement Address, Wellesley College, May 30, 1997,” www.wellesley.edu; Jaap Kooijman, “From Elegance to Extravaganza: The Supremes on The Ed Sullivan Show as a Presentation of Beauty,” Velvet Light Trap (Spring 2002); Diahann Carroll, “From ‘Julia’ to ‘Cosby’ to ‘Oprah,’ ” Ebony, Nov. 2005; Barney Brantingham, “Oprah: ‘This Is My Montecito Coming Out Party,’ ” Santa Barbara News-Press, Apr. 25, 2003; “Eugene H. Abrams,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 5, 1991; Irene Hoe, “I Went to School with Oprah Winfrey,” Straits Times, Sept. 17, 1993; Marilyn Jackson, “Oprah Between the Covers,” Life, Sept. 1997; Judy Markey, “Brassy, Sassy Oprah Winfrey,” Cosmopolitan, Sept. 1986; Barbara Sternig and Jim Nelson, “Oprah’s Shameful Secret Past—the Sister Who Saw It All,” National Enquirer, Mar. 27, 1990; Ian Woodward, “The World of Oprah,” OK!, June 29, 1994; Jill Brook Coiner, “Oprah Sets the Record Straight,” McCall’s, Nov. 1993; Ginny Holbert, “Oprah Winfrey Breaks Silence on Child Abuse,” Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 30, 1992; Bob Michals and Bob Hartlein, “Oprah’s Torment,” Star, Mar. 23, 2003; Eirik Knutzen, “Oprah Star,” Toronto Starweek, Jan. 10, 1987; Barbara Reynolds, “Because of Others I Can Live the Dream,” USA Today, Aug. 6, 1986; Honie Stevens, “From Rags to Riches,” Saga, May 2002; Rod Gibson, “How Oprah’s Baby Died,” Globe, Feb. 8, 2000; Oprah Winfrey, “What I Know for Sure,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Feb. 2007.

TV/DVDS/PODCASTS: “Oprah Winfrey: Heart of the Matter,” A&E Biography special, aired Jan. 16, 2000; The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, aired Apr. 11, 1988 (viewed at The Paley Center for Media, New York); Oprah Winfrey speech at the Women’s Business Development Center luncheon, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 27, 2006 (mp3 downloaded from www.odeo.com/audio/2003955/play on Nov. 13, 2006); The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set).

INTERVIEWS: Katharine Carr Esters, July 30, 2007 (along with Jewette Battles), Aug. 1, 2007, Sept. 11, 2007, Feb. 5, 2008; Jo Baldwin, July 14, 2010, and correspondence with Jo Baldwin, July 15, 16, 20, and 27, Aug. 17, and Sept. 14, 2010; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 22, 2008, and Apr. 24, 2008; correspondence with Jewette Battles, Mar. 4, 2008; Larry Carpenter, Apr. 21, 2008.

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RECORDS: East Nashville High Grey Eagle, 1971; Oprah Gail Winfrey application for Miss Black Nashville of the Miss Black America Beauty Pageant; Vernon Winfrey with Craig Marberry, sample pages for Things Unspoken: A Memoir by Oprah’s Father, 2007; Listening to Youth Voices, U.S. Government Printing Office pamphlet on White House Conference on Youth, 1971.

BOOKS: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Finding Oprah’s Roots (Crown Publishers, 2007); Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987); Merrell Noden, People Profiles: Oprah Winfrey(Time Life, 1999); Norman King, Everybody Loves Oprah (Bill Adler Books, 1987).

ARTICLES: Ken Harrell, “My 2½-Year Romance with Oprah,” Globe, Oct. 26, 1993; Honie Stevens, “From Rags to Riches,” Saga, May 2002; Academy of Achievement, “Oprah Winfrey Interview,” Feb. 21, 1991, www.achievement.org; Pat Embry, “Oprah Winfrey’s Father Says Her Success Is No Surprise,” Nashville Banner, Jan. 20, 1986; Sandy Smith, “Oprah Reunites with First Love,” Tennessean, Feb. 12, 1992; “Oprah Heads for Forensic Nationals,” East Nashville High East Eagle, Apr. 1970; Gary Ballard, “Oprah Winfrey,” Drama-Logue, Mar. 20–26, 1986; “Mayor Evers to Receive Award,” New York Amsterdam News, June 20, 1970; Louis Martin, “White Elks Show: How to Inspire Racial Violence,” Chicago Daily Defender, Aug. 1, 1970; Marilyn Johnson, “Oprah Between the Covers,” Life, Sept. 1997; Leslie Rubenstein, “Oprah!” McCall’s, Aug. 1987; Joan Barthel, “Here Comes Oprah,” Ms., Aug. 1986; “Miss Wool Contest,” East Nashville High East Eagle, Dec. 1970; Lucia Monet, “Estes Park Conference on Youth,” Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 16, 1971; “The Voice of Youth,” New York Times, Apr. 23, 1971; John Mathews, “Game Plan for a Youth Conference,” Nation, May 17, 1971; “Discontent of the Straights,” Time, May 3, 1971;