Oprah Winfrey announced she will close her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg at the end of next year, handing the 52-acre campus back to the South African provincial government under what the academy calls a longstanding agreement. Winfrey's statement, issued Wednesday by the academy, framed the closure not as a retreat but as […] The post Oprah Winfrey to shut down her South African girls' academy after nearly two decades appeared first on American Almanac .
Oprah Winfrey announced she will close her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg at the end of next year, handing the 52-acre campus back to the South African provincial government under what the academy calls a longstanding agreement. Winfrey's statement, issued Wednesday by the academy, framed the closure not as a retreat but as a planned transition. The campus, with its 21 classrooms, six science and computer laboratories, 10,000-volume library, and 600-seat theater, will pass to the Gauteng provincial education department. Gauteng Provincial Minister for Education Lebogang Maile said students currently enrolled will finish their studies with uninterrupted financial support. The school opened in 2007 after Winfrey…Open
Oprah Winfrey announced that her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls south of Johannesburg will close at the end of 2027 and hand control to the local government, but offered no explanation for why she is walking away from a project she once called her life's mission. Winfrey, 72, issued a statement to the Daily Mail […] The post Oprah Winfrey's $400 million South African girls' school will shut its doors after two decades appeared first on American Almanac .
Oprah Winfrey announced that her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls south of Johannesburg will close at the end of 2027 and hand control to the local government, but offered no explanation for why she is walking away from a project she once called her life's mission. Winfrey, 72, issued a statement to the Daily Mail confirming the closure. The school will graduate two more classes before it shuts down. After that, the Gauteng Department of Education, the provincial authority that originally partnered with Winfrey to build the campus, will take over the site. Remaining enrolled students will transfer to what Winfrey's representative called "other top-tier schools," with Winfrey personally covering their tuition. The statement was long…Open
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday after a career in activism and politics during a national transformation in civil rights and inequality, where he worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and made a historic presidential run. Through the lens: Here's a look at some of Jackson's most memorable moments, from rallying Black residents devastated by riots in Los Angeles to meeting Nelson Mandela after being released from prison. Mahalia Jackson, left, sings "We Shall Overcome," with civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King, third left, Jesse Jackson, second from right, and Albert Raby, right, on Aug. 4, 1966. Ray Foster/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Jackson, interviewed by reporters at Chicago's O'Hare…
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday after a career in activism and politics during a national transformation in civil rights and inequality, where he worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and made a historic presidential run. Through the lens: Here's a look at some of Jackson's most memorable moments, from rallying Black residents devastated by riots in Los Angeles to meeting Nelson Mandela after being released from prison. Mahalia Jackson, left, sings "We Shall Overcome," with civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King, third left, Jesse Jackson, second from right, and Albert Raby, right, on Aug. 4, 1966. Ray Foster/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Jackson, interviewed by reporters at Chicago's O'Hare…Open