Nicholson, Lois P. Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer: Chelsea House Publishers, 1994
The author’s main point is that Oprah is a successful, strong, black woman who overcame many difficulties such as racism and sexual abuse. In the book, there is a picture of the type of racism Oprah had to deal with. It shows a puppet depicting a black person being hanged and says “Go back to Africa where you belong.” Lois P. Nicholson is a published biographer, and has written other biographies on famous people like Booker T. Washington and Nolan Ryan. This book is biased because it almost always portrays her biography only postively, and through the point of of struggles that black people face. In doing so, it makes Oprah seem like the victim in every situation even if she was at fault. It talks mostly about her accomplishments, and not much about her early life. The book is in third person. It helped us with learning about her major achievements. You understand more about many of Oprah’s accomplishments. We used this book for the philanthropist, media and acting pages on our site. It gave information about all of our topics. The book included detailed information on Oprah’s career achievements.
Patterson, Lillie and Cornelia H. Wright. Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host and Actress: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 1990
The author’s main idea is to explain Oprah’s media accomplishments such as the Oprah Winfrey Show and her movie career. It talks about how acting helped her to escape her problems, and describes how other famous people like the Supremes influenced her life. Lillie Patterson and Cornelia H. Wright are both published authors, and they have both written multiple books. They were both school teachers. This book is biased, as it really only depicts Oprah in a very positive light. It is written in third person. We used it to get a better understanding of Oprah’s acting career it gave a lot of detail about Oprah's media achievements. It told us some movies she was in and it talked about her talk show in great detail.
Lowe, Janet. Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World’s Most Influential Voice: New York: Wiley, 1998
The main idea of this book is mostly about Oprah’s life in and out of the media. It highlights things like family issues, romantic life, and her worst mistakes. The author Janet Lowe is a published author who has written several other published biographies. She has had her articles featured in newspapers such as Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times. This book is not biased. It talks about Oprah both positively and negatively. It is in third person. We used it to learn about Oprah’s early life and how she rose to become the person that she is today. We used it to write the biography on the home page. It helped us by explaining her whole life, not just one part of it, so we could get a perspective of the entire story of her achievements, from her childhood through her later life as a celebrity.
Oprah Winfrey and Bill Adler. The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A portrait in her own words: New York City: Carol Publishing Group, 1996
The author’s main idea is explaining Oprah’s opinions using quotes that she said about different topics like diet, weight, fitness, love, and her television show. Bill Adler edited the book and Oprah said all of the quotes in the book. It is not biased because it uses her actual words, and does not describe only positive or negative things about her. This book is in first person because Oprah is speaking as if she is writing a diary. We used many of Oprah’s quotes in our project. There is a page of inspirational quotes that Oprah has said. The book helps you to understand Oprah’s own perspective on things that happened in her life, and not someone else’s perspective on Oprah’s life..
Kelley, Kitty. Oprah: A Biography: Crown Publishers, New York, 2010
The author’s main idea is focusing on every aspect of Oprah’s life. It focuses on things like getting abused as a child and
relationships that Oprah went through. Kitty Kelley is a writer who has written many biographies about other celebrities and politicians. She has studied every aspect of Oprah’s life and has many of Oprah’s personal records. This book is not biased. It is a book on Oprah’s life more than her show business, and it does not only have good or bad things about her. It was used to write the biography. We used this book to get additional information about Oprah’s life that weren’t included in other sources.
Burns, George. O, The Oprah Magazine, January 2011 Issue: OWN It: Harpo Productions Inc., 2011
The focus is the reason that Oprah ended her talk show and set up the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Oprah talks about what OWN is about and her plans for the network. The article is based on an interview with George Burns, her editor-in-chief. It is a dialogue between Oprah and someone else. It is not biased. Oprah talks about her network in a positive way, which is not wrong, as the interview took place before the network was launched. It is a good resource because it talks about Oprah’s plans for the future. It gives a better understanding of the Oprah Winfrey Network that is going to start soon. It helped us to understand more about Oprah as a person.
Carey, David. O, The Oprah Magazine, April 2011 Issue: Express Yourself: Oprah's Journals: Hearst Communications Inc., New York 2011
This magazine focuses on Oprah’s diary and journal entries, in which she talks about personal issues like her relationship
with parents and current boyfriend. Oprah herself wrote in this magazine. It is in first person because Oprah wrote it herself. It is not biased because Oprah is not making things up about herself, it is the truth. We used some of her quotes from these entries in our project. We got to understand Oprah's personal opinions rather than things that other people thought. She wrote the journals herself. It helped us understand more about Oprah’s perspective.
Pavlick, James. Oprah Winfrey Biography: America’s Beloved Best Friend: Oprah Winfrey Biography, Academy of Achievement, October 9, 2011, [http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1]
The author’s main idea is to give an overview of Oprah’s life and accomplishments such as her childhood life, and HARPO
Production Company. The authors are from the Academy of Achievement, a museum in Washington DC. It is in third person. It is biased because Oprah is put into a positive light, starting from the title: America’s Beloved Best Friend. If they were going to say bad things about her, the title would have been changed. We used this in our project because there was great detail about Oprah’s achievements and her background. We used this source for pictures and to help write the brief biography of her. It was helpful because it gave us an overview of what Oprah’s whole life has been like and it gave us insight about her opinions about her life.
Pavlick, James. Oprah Winfrey Biography: America’s Beloved Best Friend: Oprah Winfrey Interview, Academy of Achievement, October 9, 2011, [http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0int-1]
The author’s main idea is to show what Oprah thinks about different topics, though mostly about topics that include her childhood dreams and accomplishments. The authors talk with Oprah, not just about her, therefore it is accurate information. We know this is a reliable source because Oprah gets interviewed and we hear her real thoughts about her life and things she has done. This interview is not biased because Oprah is speaking about herself with another person. We used information from the interviews in our project. It made us get a better idea of Oprah in general. It helped us to learn more about Oprah’s opinions on different topics.
Tandy McConnell, Women’s History Month: Oprah Winfrey, Embassy of the United States, October 9, 2011, [http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/whm-oprahwinfrey.html]
The main idea is to give a background of Oprah and why she was so appealing to so many people. For example, because of
the way she blended things that were both public and private; many viewers thought she was in a way their friend. It tells you her birthday and her occupation. Dr. Tandy McConnell, the author, is the Associate Professor of History at Columbia College. He has taught courses in European, cultural, and intellectual history since 1998. It is not biased because it is entirely informational. The article does not contain opinions. We used this information on the biography part of our website. It gave us very much information about Oprah’s life. It helped us to get true facts about Oprah’s earlier life, and not opinionated information.
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URLs for pictures:
Emily's pictures (photoshopped image)
The author’s main point is that Oprah is a successful, strong, black woman who overcame many difficulties such as racism and sexual abuse. In the book, there is a picture of the type of racism Oprah had to deal with. It shows a puppet depicting a black person being hanged and says “Go back to Africa where you belong.” Lois P. Nicholson is a published biographer, and has written other biographies on famous people like Booker T. Washington and Nolan Ryan. This book is biased because it almost always portrays her biography only postively, and through the point of of struggles that black people face. In doing so, it makes Oprah seem like the victim in every situation even if she was at fault. It talks mostly about her accomplishments, and not much about her early life. The book is in third person. It helped us with learning about her major achievements. You understand more about many of Oprah’s accomplishments. We used this book for the philanthropist, media and acting pages on our site. It gave information about all of our topics. The book included detailed information on Oprah’s career achievements.
Patterson, Lillie and Cornelia H. Wright. Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host and Actress: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 1990
The author’s main idea is to explain Oprah’s media accomplishments such as the Oprah Winfrey Show and her movie career. It talks about how acting helped her to escape her problems, and describes how other famous people like the Supremes influenced her life. Lillie Patterson and Cornelia H. Wright are both published authors, and they have both written multiple books. They were both school teachers. This book is biased, as it really only depicts Oprah in a very positive light. It is written in third person. We used it to get a better understanding of Oprah’s acting career it gave a lot of detail about Oprah's media achievements. It told us some movies she was in and it talked about her talk show in great detail.
Lowe, Janet. Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World’s Most Influential Voice: New York: Wiley, 1998
The main idea of this book is mostly about Oprah’s life in and out of the media. It highlights things like family issues, romantic life, and her worst mistakes. The author Janet Lowe is a published author who has written several other published biographies. She has had her articles featured in newspapers such as Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times. This book is not biased. It talks about Oprah both positively and negatively. It is in third person. We used it to learn about Oprah’s early life and how she rose to become the person that she is today. We used it to write the biography on the home page. It helped us by explaining her whole life, not just one part of it, so we could get a perspective of the entire story of her achievements, from her childhood through her later life as a celebrity.
Oprah Winfrey and Bill Adler. The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A portrait in her own words: New York City: Carol Publishing Group, 1996
The author’s main idea is explaining Oprah’s opinions using quotes that she said about different topics like diet, weight, fitness, love, and her television show. Bill Adler edited the book and Oprah said all of the quotes in the book. It is not biased because it uses her actual words, and does not describe only positive or negative things about her. This book is in first person because Oprah is speaking as if she is writing a diary. We used many of Oprah’s quotes in our project. There is a page of inspirational quotes that Oprah has said. The book helps you to understand Oprah’s own perspective on things that happened in her life, and not someone else’s perspective on Oprah’s life..
Kelley, Kitty. Oprah: A Biography: Crown Publishers, New York, 2010
The author’s main idea is focusing on every aspect of Oprah’s life. It focuses on things like getting abused as a child and
relationships that Oprah went through. Kitty Kelley is a writer who has written many biographies about other celebrities and politicians. She has studied every aspect of Oprah’s life and has many of Oprah’s personal records. This book is not biased. It is a book on Oprah’s life more than her show business, and it does not only have good or bad things about her. It was used to write the biography. We used this book to get additional information about Oprah’s life that weren’t included in other sources.
Burns, George. O, The Oprah Magazine, January 2011 Issue: OWN It: Harpo Productions Inc., 2011
The focus is the reason that Oprah ended her talk show and set up the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Oprah talks about what OWN is about and her plans for the network. The article is based on an interview with George Burns, her editor-in-chief. It is a dialogue between Oprah and someone else. It is not biased. Oprah talks about her network in a positive way, which is not wrong, as the interview took place before the network was launched. It is a good resource because it talks about Oprah’s plans for the future. It gives a better understanding of the Oprah Winfrey Network that is going to start soon. It helped us to understand more about Oprah as a person.
Carey, David. O, The Oprah Magazine, April 2011 Issue: Express Yourself: Oprah's Journals: Hearst Communications Inc., New York 2011
This magazine focuses on Oprah’s diary and journal entries, in which she talks about personal issues like her relationship
with parents and current boyfriend. Oprah herself wrote in this magazine. It is in first person because Oprah wrote it herself. It is not biased because Oprah is not making things up about herself, it is the truth. We used some of her quotes from these entries in our project. We got to understand Oprah's personal opinions rather than things that other people thought. She wrote the journals herself. It helped us understand more about Oprah’s perspective.
Pavlick, James. Oprah Winfrey Biography: America’s Beloved Best Friend: Oprah Winfrey Biography, Academy of Achievement, October 9, 2011, [http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1]
The author’s main idea is to give an overview of Oprah’s life and accomplishments such as her childhood life, and HARPO
Production Company. The authors are from the Academy of Achievement, a museum in Washington DC. It is in third person. It is biased because Oprah is put into a positive light, starting from the title: America’s Beloved Best Friend. If they were going to say bad things about her, the title would have been changed. We used this in our project because there was great detail about Oprah’s achievements and her background. We used this source for pictures and to help write the brief biography of her. It was helpful because it gave us an overview of what Oprah’s whole life has been like and it gave us insight about her opinions about her life.
Pavlick, James. Oprah Winfrey Biography: America’s Beloved Best Friend: Oprah Winfrey Interview, Academy of Achievement, October 9, 2011, [http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0int-1]
The author’s main idea is to show what Oprah thinks about different topics, though mostly about topics that include her childhood dreams and accomplishments. The authors talk with Oprah, not just about her, therefore it is accurate information. We know this is a reliable source because Oprah gets interviewed and we hear her real thoughts about her life and things she has done. This interview is not biased because Oprah is speaking about herself with another person. We used information from the interviews in our project. It made us get a better idea of Oprah in general. It helped us to learn more about Oprah’s opinions on different topics.
Tandy McConnell, Women’s History Month: Oprah Winfrey, Embassy of the United States, October 9, 2011, [http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/whm-oprahwinfrey.html]
The main idea is to give a background of Oprah and why she was so appealing to so many people. For example, because of
the way she blended things that were both public and private; many viewers thought she was in a way their friend. It tells you her birthday and her occupation. Dr. Tandy McConnell, the author, is the Associate Professor of History at Columbia College. He has taught courses in European, cultural, and intellectual history since 1998. It is not biased because it is entirely informational. The article does not contain opinions. We used this information on the biography part of our website. It gave us very much information about Oprah’s life. It helped us to get true facts about Oprah’s earlier life, and not opinionated information.
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URLs for pictures:
- http://johanneds.wordpress.com/2009/11/
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheOprahWinfreyShow
- http://www.blippitt.com/oprah-winfrey-network-own-network-launches-january-1/
- http://www.dipity.com/StevePro/Oprah-Gail-Winfrey/
Emily's pictures (photoshopped image)
- http://agentsmithfiles.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/oprah_winfrey.jpg
- http://multiply.com/mu/purseandco/image/dxI0VSgZmWiZK4AvmdRlPQ/photos/1M/300x300/6296/the-oprah-magazine-february-2011.jpg?et=g7fhrkWHHoMw5CEmUA0U1A&nmid=0
- http://www.angelfire.com/ne/lliegirls/WINFREY3.GIF.JPG
- http://cache.blippitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Oprah-Winfrey-Network.jpg
- http://www.harpocareers.com/images/TheOprahWinfreyShow_logo.jpg
- http://www.harpocareers.com/images/Harpo-Studios-Logo.gif
- http://brianakira.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/time-1998-10-05.jpg
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Color_purple_poster.jpg
- http://www.foxnews.com/images/252023/0_61_oprah_school.jpg
- http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/graphics/oprahsbookclublogo.jpg