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Oprah gave tribute to Tessie Prevost Williams, who died earlier this year. Williams was one of four Black girls who helped integrate New Orleans public schools in 1960.

She then tied Williams to Harris, saying Williams "paved the way for another young girl who, nine years later, became part of the second class to integrate the public schools in Berkeley, California.

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Oprah gives tribute to Tessie Provost Williams

Oprah gave tribute to Tessie Prevost Williams, who died earlier this year. Williams was one of four Black girls who helped integrate New Orleans public schools in 1960.

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"Harris famously reflected on her experience as a child being bused to school each day. During a spar with President Biden on the debate stage on busing, Harris told him: "That little girl was me."

Oprah has not mentioned Trump by name, but appeared to reference the former president and his running mate JD Vance.

"America is an ongoing project," she said.

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Oprah takes indirect jabs at Trump and Vance

Television star Oprah Winfrey got one of the biggest ovations of the night as the DNC crowd shot to its feet when she walked on stage.

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"It requires commitment. It requires being open to the hard work and the hard work of democracy, and every now and then, it requires standing up to life's bullies."

She then brought up Vance's "childless cat lady" comments to cheers.

"Despite what some would have you think we are not so different from our neighbors," she said. "When a house is on fire, we don't ask about a homeowner's race or religion. We don't wonder who their partner is or how they voted. No, we just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too."

"What we're going to do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States," she said after taking the stage.

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Oprah Winfrey backs Kamala Harris

"What we're going to do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States," she said after taking the stage.

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The first time Oprah put her legacy brand behind a political candidate was Barack Obama in 2008.

"That was some epic fire," she said of the Obamas speeches last night, taking inspiration from Michelle Obama's call on the crowd to "do something!"

Television star Oprah Winfrey got one of the biggest ovations of the night as the crowd shot to its feet when she walked on stage.