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Oprah Winfrey on the trailblazer who inspired her

For Black History Month, hear from Oprah Winfrey about her trailblazer’s enduring lessons. Winfrey says reading Maya Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” as a teen helped her recognize that “a black girl’s story was worthy of being told and worthy of being heard.” Source

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Viola Davis and Julius Tennon on their trailblazers

For Black History Month, hear from actors Viola Davis and Julius Tennon about their trailblazers. Davis says Cicely Tyson was “everything” to her. Tennon says Sidney Poitier inspired him to “want to be great.” We caught up with the two at TIME’s “The March” VR Exhibit taking visitors inside the 1963 March on Washington. Source

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