Team Hermes Visits Kosciusko MS - Birthplace of Oprah Winfrey.
We were surprised how much this little town had to offer. We had a great time geocaching in Kosciusko and learning the history of the area.
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The Town that Gave us Oprah
As a precocious 3-year-old in small-town Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey learned how to entertain an audience when she was encouraged to recite bible passages to her church.
From: AERIAL AMERICA: Mississippi
Peonage in the hometown of Oprah Winfrey
Antoinette's peonage investigation revealed that people were held in Involuntary servitude in the childhood hometown of Oprah Winfrey in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The same practices were taking place in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the hometown of Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman. From the lonely road of Money, Mississippi, where Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, to the hometown of B.B. King.
Blues Trail: MY ROOTS: Kosciusko, Mississippi
Take a ride with me and my daughter in Red 6 to my family roots and my birthplace of Kosciusko, where we also visited the Blues marker for Charlie Musselwhite. It's always good to come home to family! I told myself a while ago that I wasn't going to come to Kosy for funerals only. We had a great time with our family! I just have to make sure I announce my visit next time - sorry Auntie Queta! Uncle Deck, I'll catch ya next time! Cousin Conrad, it was good seeing you - it's been a long time! Hope you enjoy this video! Be Blessed! Highway 12 Big Baby!
Oprah Winfrey's Grandparents Organize Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Oprah Winfrey's grandparents, Elmore and Beatrice Winfrey, stepped forward to initiate the civil rights movement in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. They brought in organizers from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, housed them, nurtured them and helped build a community-based movement.
MS WILLIAMS CLASS AWARDS DAY KOSCIUSKO MS 2013 KME PART 1
A SHORT FILM BY MS WILLIAMS MADE ABOUT HER 3 RD GRADE CLASS AND THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL SEASON THE LIFE AN TIMES OF A CLASS OF KOSY WHIPPETS
Oprah Not Missing Mississippi
Harpo! Oprah Ain’t Missing Mississippi
Don’t get it twisted! Oprah not missing Mississippi #HairSheBuzz “I’m from there. I know I was so glad to get out...” declared O
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Love my Mississippi ❤️????????????!!!!!! It’s what raised me and made me! Left the sip to gain more opportunity to one day bring more wealth and opportunity back to the State of Mississippi soon!!! Let’s goooooo!!!! @iamdocprez @oprah
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Selma to Montgomery History
Selma to Montgomery marches; Part of the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama State troopers attack civil-rights demonstrators outside Selma, Alabama. Bloody Sunday
This my best advice by Oprah Winfrey
This my best advice by Oprah Winfrey
Born Orpah Gail Winfrey[1]
January 29, 1954 (age 65)
Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater Tennessee State University
Occupation
Host actress author
Years active 1973–present
Net worth Decrease US$2.7 billion (October 2019)[2]
Title
Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions (1986–present)
Chairwoman, CEO and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network (2011–present)
Political party Independent
Partner(s) Stedman Graham (1986–present)
Children Canaan (born c. 1968, died c. 1968)[3]
Website oprah.com
Oprah Winfrey's Success Story: Forbes First Black Woman Billionaire in the World
Oprah Winfrey, is a world renowned American media proprietor; talk show host; actress; producer; and philanthropist.
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1. EARLY LIFE
Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to a single, teenage mother.
2. TELEVISION CAREER
Oprah started her first television job while she was still in college.
She was the youngest first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC-TV.
3. THE BIG BREAK
The Oprah Winfrey Show made its national debut in 1986, and within five months it became the third-highest rated show in syndication and the No. 1 talk show in America, reaching upwards of 10 million people daily in 192 cities.
4. A MILLIONAIRE IS BORN
At the age of 32, Winfrey became not only the first African American television host to be nationally syndicated, but also a millionaire.
In March 2008, Oprah launched her official website, Oprah.com.
5. O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
In April 2000, she published her wildly successful magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine.
6. XM SATELLITE RADIO
In 2006, Oprah signed a three-year, $55 million contract with XM Satellite Radio to establish a new 24-hour channel called Oprah & Friends on XM Satellite Radio.
7. OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK (OWN)
After the last Episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, in 2011, Oprah founded the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a cable network which reaches roughly 80 million homes, or 70.3% of television-viewing households in the United States.
8. PERSONAL WEALTH
Oprah Winfrey’s flies in her own $42 million, custom-designed Global Express XRS jet .
Oprah Winfrey’s her impressive real-estate portfolio includes a $52 million estate in Montecito, California, among others.
9. RECOGNITION & AWARDS
In 2014, Forbes listed Oprah as one of “The World’s Highest Paid Celebrities.”
In 2015 she made it to the “Forbes 400 List.”
In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded Winfrey the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She was named the greatest black philanthropist in American history by BusinessWeek in 2017.
Honorary doctorate degrees from Princeton, Howard University, Duke University, and Harvard.
10. OPRAH WINFREY NET WORTH
By July 2017, Oprah Winfrey’s Net Worth is $3.2 Billion.
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Oprah Winfrey American Media Executive Actress Biography
Oprah Gail Winfrey is a talk show host, media executive, actress, and billionaire philanthropist. She’s best known for being the host of her own, wildly popular program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011. In 2011, Winfrey launched her own TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
NAME: Oprah Winfrey
EDUCATION: Tennessee State University
PLACE OF BIRTH : Kosciusko, Mississippi
BIRTH DATE: January 29, 1954 (age 65)
Born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Winfrey moved to Baltimore in 1976, where she hosted People Are Talking. Afterward, she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show.
Kosciusko MS April 2017
Downtown Kosciusko MS April 2017
!!MISS-TOWN STUNNED BY SLAYING OF OPENLY GAY MAYORAL CANDIDATE!!
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found.
The discovery of the openly gay candidate's body near a Mississippi River levee Wednesday stunned residents of Clarksdale, a Blues mecca in the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta.
Authorities were investigating McMillian's death as a homicide, and said a person of interest was in custody, but released few other details.
There's a lot of people upset about it, said Dennis Thomas, 33, who works at Abe's Barbeque.
Why would somebody want to do something like that to somebody of that caliber? He was a highly respected person in town, Thomas said.
The 34-year-old Democrat wasn't running what many would consider a typical campaign for political office in Mississippi, which is known for its conservative politics.
Campaign spokesman Jarod Keith said McMillian's campaign was noteworthy because he may have been the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in the state.
McMillian, who was black, had also forged ties while serving for four years as international executive director of the historically black Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Photos on McMillian's website and Facebook page show him with a younger Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and with U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat.
Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith said McMillian's body was found Wednesday morning near the levee between Sherard and Rena Lara. It was sent to Jackson for an autopsy.
Meredith said the case is being investigated as a homicide, but he declined to speculate on the cause of death.
Authorities had been looking for McMillian since Tuesday morning when a man crashed the candidate's SUV into another vehicle on U.S. Highway 49. McMillian was not in the car.
The sheriff's office said Wednesday that a person of interest was in custody, but had not been formally charged.
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Kosciusko Final Presentation
Final presentation of the Kosciusko Community Vision Plan Charrette sponsored by Mississippi Main Street. The charrette team included Randy Wilson of Community Design Solutions, Ben Muldrow of Arnett Muldrow Associates, Andy Kalback of Mahan Rykiel Associates, Rachael Carter with Mississippi State University, Aaron Akers with Central Electric, and Jan Miller and Stacy Pair with Mississippi Main Street.
Winona My Home Town
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Music by Eric Church
Dixie Four Quartet Of Kosciusko Mississippi - Old Country Church
Dixie Four Quartet sings about the old country church. They are from Kosciusko Mississippi, birthplace of Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights
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Influential American media proprietor, actress, businesswoman, television and film producer, but undoubtedly best known as a television talk show host, Oprah Gail Winfrey, was born on 29 January 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, of largely Liberian ethnic descent. These days, simply saying ‘Oprah’ is enough to identify her, and her importance is several ways.
So just how rich is Oprah Winfrey? According to celebrity dot money, Oprah’s net worth is estimated to be an impressive $3 billion, with the main sources for her wealth coming from her appearances on television screens, particularly ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, which became the highest-rated talk show ever on US TV, and aired from 1986 until 2011.
Oprah Winfrey underwent poverty, abuse and prejudice during the early stages of her life, living largely with her grandmother while her single mother sought work, but also alternating separately with her mother and father. However, she won both an oratory and a beauty contest at East Nashville High School, and then studied communications at Tennessee State University, during which period she became the youngest news reader on local radio and TV stations.
Oprah landed her first major television job in Chicago in 1983, when she worked on the morning talk show called “AM Chicago”. With Winfrey’s position as a host, the show went from having the lowest ratings to become one of the highest rated talk shows in Chicago at the time. The show was then renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, being so broadcast from 1986. At the beginning, it was considered to be a tabloid talk show, but as time went on it expanded to encompass such topics as politics, meditation, heart disease and many others. The show included interviews with various celebrity guests related to the issues then being discussed, as well as giveaways for the audience, that significantly increased the ratings and popularity of the show.
One of the longest running daytime television talk shows in history, with over 4,000 episodes aired, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” won 47 Daytime Emmy Awards, in addition to many others. In 1993, Oprah Winfrey hosted a memorable interview with Michael Jackson that attracted a viewership of 35.6 million people, the fourth most watched event in the history of American television. Even though some celebrities such as Ludacris and 50 Cent have expressed their dissatisfaction with Oprah’s attitude towards their music, Winfrey remained a highly influential and beloved person in the music industry, among others.
In addition to the revenue collected from her talk show, Oprah has added significantly to her net worth by making appearances in a variety of movies, including Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple” - for which she was nominated for an Academy Award - and a film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved”, of the same name. Oprah has also published several magazines, including “O, The Oprah Magazine”, and in 2006 signed a contract to create a new radio channel called “Oprah Radio”.
Oprah’s incredible ability to influence public opinions and successfully endorse consumer products has been named “The Oprah Effect”, which indicates that by naming her the most influential person in the world, Time magazine made the right choice. Oprah Winfrey is undoubtedly still a beloved and welcomed face in the entertainment industry.
In her personal life, Oprah Winfrey has discussed several romantic liaisons in her early years, including one resulting in childbirth, but the child was premature and died. She has stated that she never wanted children, as she would be a poor mother. She has been partnered with Stedman Graham since 1986, and lives in a 42-acre estate in California called “The Promised Land” that has 14 bathrooms and apparently 10 sophisticated fireplaces, however, she is still ranked in the top 50 most generous Americans. She supports scholarships to Moorehouse College, Atlanta; has donated to the Smithsonian Institute; and made strenuous efforts to help alleviate child poverty in South Africa. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Kosciusko's haunted landmark
Many stories surround the statute of Mrs. Laura Kelly in the Kosciusko City Cemetery.