Oprah Winfrey’s Portrait Reveal was Deeply Personal for Me. Here’s Why

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Oprah Winfrey’s Portrait Reveal was Deeply Personal for Me. Here’s Why

Essay by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — At the unveiling of Oprah Winfrey’s new portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday, she recalled a story about her grandmother once instructing her to boil clothes outside to get them clean. The family was so poor they had no running water, and her grandmother said Winfrey […]

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