One Question

Who is our mystery person?

⋅ I was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi.

⋅ My mother had me when she was a teenager.

⋅ In 1972, I was crowned Miss Black Tennessee.

⋅ I was named after a biblical character. The name was misspelled on my birth ⋅ certificate — and it stuck.

As a young child, I lived with my grandmother on a farm with no ⋅ running water.

I then alternated between living with my mother in Wisconsin and my ⋅ father in Nashville.

After years of sexual abuse, I became pregnant at the age of 14. My son was ⋅ born prematurely and died.

After this traumatic experience, I decided that I did not want to have ⋅ children, as “I wasn’t mothered well.” I received a full college scholarship that allowed me to go to Tennessee ⋅ State University.

In 1971, I got a job as a newsreader at ⋅ a local radio station.

At 19, I became the first Africanamerican woman ever to work as a ⋅ news anchor in Nashville.

In 1976, I moved to Baltimore, where ⋅ I began hosting People Are Talking.

Due to the popularity of this show, I ⋅ was hired as a host on A.M. Chicago.

I am famous for hosting a talk show that was named after me. The show ⋅ ran for 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011.

This talk show won 16 Daytime Emmy Awards before I decided to stop submitting it for the award.

⋅ I run my own book club.

I founded my own production company. I won’t mention what it is called because it is my name spelled ⋅ backward.

I also started my own magazine and ⋅ TV network.

I have been in 15 films, including ⋅ Selma, The Color Purple, and The Star.

In one of these movies, I voiced an ⋅ animated camel called Deborah. My net worth in 2020 was $3.5 billion ⋅ (€2.9 billion).

I recently interviewed Prince Harry ⋅ and Meghan Markle.

I suffer from chiclephobia — the fear of chewing gum.

I suffer from chiclephobia — the fear of chewing gum