Months after her birth, Vernita Lee took Oprah to live with her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae at a neighboring town (north of her birthplace) where she spent the first six years of her life sunk knee-deep in extreme poverty.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa emva kokuzalwa kwakhe, uVernita Lee wathatha u-Oprah wayohlala nogogo wakhe ongumama, uHattie Mae edolobhaneni elingumakhelwane (enyakatho yendawo azalelwa kuyo) lapho echitha khona iminyaka eyisithupha yokuqala yempilo yakhe yangena emadolweni ngobumpofu obukhulu.