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The Ripple Effect of Oprah's One Act of Kindness

By Stephanie Palumbo
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In 1989, when Oprah started a scholarship fund at Morehouse College, the all-male, historically black school in Atlanta, her goal was to help a few young men earn their degree. Little did she know she was setting off a chain reaction of giving that continues today.

From the December 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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