Jan. 12, 1987; Oprah Winfrey, “It’s Not Over Till It’s Over,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Jan. 2004; Lisa Kogan, “Oprah and Gayle Uncensored,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2006; Bill Carter, “WJZ Announces News Shake-Up,” Baltimore Sun, Apr. 2, 1977; Eve Zibart, “Baltimore Position Only ‘Stopover’ for Oprah Winfrey,” Tennessean, May 4, 1976; Jon Anderson, “Wingin’ It with Ch. 7’s Oprah Winfrey,” Chicago Tribune, Mar. 13, 1984; Margaret D. Pagan, “Oprah,” Metropolitan, Oct. 1979; transcript, “A New Earth Online Class, Chapter 9,” www.oprah.com, Apr. 28, 2008; Jeffrey Strickler, “Winfrey, Having Achieved Quite a Bit, Expects ‘Great Things from Myself,’ ” Minneapolis StarTribune, Apr. 18, 1986; Elizabeth Colt, “Oprah Winfrey Goes National,” Boston Globe, Sept. 2, 1986; Linda Robinson, “Over 1000 Turn Out for Turner Funeral,” Baltimore Sun, Jan. 4, 1988; Lyn Tornabene, “Here’s Oprah,” Woman’s Day, Oct. 1, 1986; Ian Woodward, “The World of Oprah,” OK!, June 29, 1994; Fred Hines, “News Man Reports on S. African Horrors,” Afro-American, Sept. 10, 1977; LaTonya Taylor, “The Church of O,” Christianity Today, Apr. 1, 2002; Ann Kolson, “Sassy Oprah Has Her Say,” Providence Journal, Feb. 6, 2007; Cheryl Lavin, “It’s All Going Oprah’s Way,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 19, 1985; “Carter Foundation Presents Oprah Winfrey in a One-Woman Show,” Afro-American, May 28, 1983; Stephanie Chetas, “One Woman Show,” Goucher College Goucher, Feb. 11, 1982; Kathleen Fury, “Oprah! Why She’s Got America Talking,” TV Guide, Mar. 5, 1988; Pat Gregor, “Oprah Hides Lover,” Star, July 18, 2000; Judy Markey, “Brassy, Sassy Oprah Winfrey,” Cosmopolitan, Sept. 1986; Joe Mullins, “Touching Last Interview with Oprah’s AIDS-Stricken Brother,” National Enquirer, Jan. 16, 1990; Jamie Foster Brown, “Everything Negroes Ever Wanted to Ask Oprah,” Sister 2 Sister, Nov. 1997; Gerri Kobren, “Co-Hosts Love Their Work,” Baltimore Sun, Sept. 17, 1978; Oprah Winfrey, “This Is the Body You’ve Been Given—Love What You’ve Got,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2002; Francine Knowles, “Becoming Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 29, 2006; “Oprah: The Story of My Life,” National Enquirer, May 14, 1996; Leslie Rubenstein, “Oprah! Thriving on Faith,” McCall’s, Aug. 1987; Bill Carter, “Winfrey’s Show Goes On,” Baltimore Sun, Aug. 19, 1986; Bill Carter, “Sher, Winfrey to Host 13’s Talk Show,” Baltimore Sun, Aug. 2, 1978; Bill Carter, “Channel 13 Getting Over Its Morning Jitters,” Baltimore Sun, Aug. 23, 1978.
INTERVIEWS: Barbara L. Hamm, July 23, 2007, and Aug. 2, 2007; Dr. William F. Baker, Mar. 12, 2008, and Oct. 28, 2008; Bob Turk, Mar. 3, 2008, and correspondence with Bob Turk, Mar. 4, 2008; Gary Elion, May 27, 2007; Hilda Ford, Nov. 6, 2008; Frank Miller, June 11, 2008; Cynthia Todd, Sept. 21, 2007; correspondence with Bernice Johnson Reagon, Feb. 10, 2007; Jane McClary, Nov. 6, 2009; Katrina Bell McDonald, Jan. 6, 2008; correspondence with Peter Gethers, Nov. 11, 2008; Dr. Frank M. Reid, Sept. 21, 2007; Adam Shapiro, June 16, 2008; Larry Singer, June 19, 2007.
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RECORDS: Documents in the case of Donna P. Watts v. Timothy C. Watts, case no. 88CSP133, Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland State Archives; transcript, “Oprah” segment, 60 Minutes, CBS, Dec. 14, 1986.
BOOKS: Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987); Michael Olesker, Tonight at Six (Apprentice House, 2008); Bill Adler, ed., The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey (Citadel Press, 1997).
ARTICLES: David Folkenflik, “WJZ’s Sher Marks 25 Storied Years in TV,” Baltimore Sun, Oct. 18, 2000; Bill Carter, “ ‘People Are Talking’: A Breath of Hot, Stale Air,” Baltimore Sun, Aug. 15, 1978; Michael Hill, “ ‘People Are Talking’ Off to a Rough Start,” Baltimore Evening Sun, Aug. 15, 1978; Gerri Kobren, “Co-Hosts Love Their Work,” Baltimore Sun, Sept. 17, 1978; Richard Zoglin, “Lady with a Calling,” Time, Aug. 8, 1988; David Rensin, “The Prime Time of Ms. Oprah Winfrey,” TV Guide, May 16, 1992; Chris Anderson, “Meet Oprah Winfrey,” Good Housekeeping, Aug. 1986; Academy of Achievement, “Oprah Winfrey Interview,” Feb. 21, 1991, www.achievement.org;