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Oprah is Not on Cover of her Magazine for the First Time

For the first time in its 20 year history, Oprah is not on the cover of her magazine. Instead the cover features Breonna Taylor, the paramedic who was killed in her home by Kentucky police.

In an article of the September issue, Oprah writes,

I have a collection of property ledgers from former plantations. Names, ages, and prices of people, listed along with cattle, shoes, wagons, and all other earthly possessions. The ledgers are framed in my library. When in need of fortification in times of crisis or challenge, and sometimes just to remind myself where I’ve come from, I read them aloud.
I feel a kinship. As a great-great-granddaughter of enslaved people, I know that in a different era my name would have been in someone’s ledger. Those ledgers come to mind when I see the names of Black women who were killed by police. Breonna Taylor and too many others like her. I see the names, I think of the ledgers, I feel the connection down the generations: the refusal to value Black women’s lives. And I feel a personal connection. Because I am these women.
With this month’s cover, we pay tribute to 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, fatally shot by police who stormed into her Louisville home on March 13. The image was created by self-trained 24-year-old digital artist Alexis Franklin.

The September issue will hit racks August 11th.

Oprah is also launching a new show on Apple TV called "The Oprah Conversation" all about coming together to talk about racism and inequality.


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