demille award, she reflected on history as she made it, recalling herself watching sidney poitier's 1964t actor. >> it is a long journey to this moment. >> his tie was white, and of course his skin was black. and i had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. >> when she talked at the golden globes last night about sidney poitier and seeing this moment of him receiving the academy award and what it meant to her, i think that she's been that same figure for a lot of other men and women. >> she's the host of the podcast making oprah on wbez chicago. behind the scenes look at winfrey's groundbreaking talk show. >> when you're a young person and you see yourself reflected on television, you see yourself reflected in media or in science and technology, business, finance, whatever, it opens a door of possibility for you. seeing yourself reflected has a real power, and it makes you understand that you have a place in the world. >> recy taylor. a name i know and i think you should know too. >> recy taylor, a young mother, a black woman who was abducted walking home from church in alaba

de mille award, she reflected on watching sidney poitier winning best actor. >> it is a long journeyent. >> his tie was white and of course his skin was black. i've never seen a black man being celebrated like that. >> reporter: before the speech heard round the globe, oprah winfrey was pushing boundaries. >> i'm oprah winfrey, and welcome to the first national oprah winfrey show! >> reporter: propelling the national conversation into uncomfortable topics. >> it doesn't end until we are all willing to do what these young girls have done. >> reporter: these themes and oprah's power on full display. >> oprah brought it full circle to where we are to where we're going in the future. >> reporter: but will the winfrey? stedman graham told the l.a. times, it's up to the people. she would absolutely do it. and there seem to be no shortage of potential supporters. byron pitts, abc news, new york. >>> when we come back, the bachelor drama. >> and will it be an acrobatic anthem for pink at the super bowl? "the skinny" is next. acrobatic anthem for pink at the super bowl? "the skinny" is next.

the first african-american to receive the honor was sidney poitier in 1982. this is oprah winfrey. >> in 1964, i was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother's house in milwaukee watching anne bancroft present the oscar for best actor at the 36th academy awards. she opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history -- "the winner is sidney poitier." up to the stage came the most elegant man i had ever seen. i remember his tie was white, and of course his skin was black, and i had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. and i have tried many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door bone tired from cleaning other people's houses. but all i can do is quote and say that the explanation in sidney's performance in "lilies of the field" -- "amen, amen, amen, amen." in 1982, sidney received the cecil b. demille award right here at the golden globes and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watch

"the winner is sidney poitier." and i'd never seen a black man being celebrated like that. and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as i become the first black woman to be given this same award. >> reporter: oprah spoke of being inspired by the women who have felt strong enough to speak up. >> so, i want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. they're the women whose names we'll never know. for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. their time is up. >> reporter: and during her speech, the hashtag going viral, #oprah2020. >> so, wait all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon. when nobody ever has to say "me too" again. thank you. >> reporter: the l.a. times overnight asking oprah's long-time partner stedman graham if she'll run for president. he said, "it's up to the people

child watching sidney poitier to now, most famous person in the world perhaps, black woman, speakingsented people and people feel inspired. trump's celebrity is built on division, us versus them, good versus bad, winners versus losers. she didn't do that. felt like relief. >> not everyone. donald trump appealed to folks who were angry, didn't want to be inspired but wanted somebody to express their anger. would it be a gift to republicans for someone like oprah to run or scary? >> take the point this isn't a good trend in our politics but mock nothing anymore. if hillary clinton could give a speech half as good, probably be president. >> why compare the two? hillary clinton is woman who ran and oprah did not run. why the comparison? >> someone who inspiringly deliver a message is important. does oprah do this? has a lot to lose. if you believe michael wolff, one reason donald trump ran is enhance his brand. oprah doesn't need that. would be enormous risk for her and first time in her life not in control of her image and potential negative press. >> says if she wants to join, wonderfu

i'm not actually sure at this stage that talking about sidney poitier and rosa parks does do that.s we face today, not just because america has elected a black president and the golden globes is full of famous and prominent black celebrities, and indeed a biracial american woman is about to marry into the royal family and a couple of months. it's not just that her parents didn't have a thing about race, but her majesty the queen, who has to approve every moyle mike royal marriage doesn't either. there's something slightly weird in her attempt, which was effective with the crowd, and trying to connect all these kind of traditional racial tropes to the #metoo thing. let's not forget, by the way, that all these feel-good movies she has made like the butler that were distributed by harvey weinstein, harvey weinstein wanted a piece of all of those affirmative action feel-good booster movies because it was a great way to get chicks, liberal chicks to go up to your hotel room. there were all kinds of contradictions at play in the path she's trying to negotiate there. >> tucker: everything

the winner is -- sidney poitier. up to the stage came the most elegant man i had ever seen. i remember his tie was white and, of course, his skin was black and i had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. and i tried many, many, many times to -- >> some people talking all day long about oprah as our next commander in chief, i'm all for a woman, not against oprah, but you have harsh words for the media. >> this is about a celebrity. put the rock in there. anybody else. the reason donald trump won is because from day one, 24/7 sov wat coverage. he pointed to numbers and bake a self-propelled celebrity. you have to police yourself. corey booker and oprah comes out, she's not getting 24/7 everything covered becomes a fait accompli. >> if oprah came out would have a press size three times the skies of corey booker's. >> that self-selects. >> let me challenge you both. one of the reasons -- >> i love oprah. >> i know you do. >> i love gayle. >> i'm a lifetime weightwatchers. make the point system, like a national health program. and i want to know, let the counterargum

systemic rape and violence, it touched on racism, on unification, as a young person, her watching sidney poitierare also political. >> how did the tone change, to younger people who didn't see her talk show, are we seeing a different oprah in that context and just here in 2018? >> i think it's more revealing of who she is. so, the beauty about oprah if she did run, we already know who she is. there's no -- we don't have to dissect it. we know that she is this person that cares about women's culture. we know she can hit on the rust belts. her show is in chicago. i think for the younger generation that's seen a lot of divisiveness in politics, as for the highest office in the world, the most powerful person in the world is divisive and they want to step away from it. they're saying wait a minute, you can exceed it, be this person that's unifying. it can be a beautiful thing. >> when you were covering the trump campaign, was there a moment which you saw americans willing to support or engage with a celebrity candidate? did something change during the course of that campaign or was he just appealing

she is an example to young girls, she talks about what it was like the hair in the 60s watching sidney poitiergirls today. she is a woman who has been abused herself, and had broken her silence and spoke about her views in times when no one spoke about it, definitely not famous tv personalities like herself. she was really a pioneer in every aspect, when i had the privilege of interviewing 0prah, she said when her lawyers knew about herbie is they first told her, do not say anything about it. it took a lot of courage for her to break her own silence. —— when her lawyers knew about her abuse. she is not speaking only intellectually about the issues, and she's speaking from an experience of not only fitting that violence but an experience of what it takes, the risks you take, the fear you have, the shame, all feelings when you actually break your silence and start speaking up. she is paving the way and telling us actually, this is not... that moment of rage, lots of people are afraid of rage, lots of people are afraid of this moment of anger because all they see is women's anger. she is telling

sidney poitier in one of his books, he talks about how his parents, when he grew up on an island in thehis parents threw him in the water when he was like three or four years old because they wanted to teach him how to swim and his father kept throwing him in the water and he would start drowning and his mother would come and pick him up and his father would throw him right back in the water and working at nan was a lot like that the best way possible, in the best way possible. reverend sharpton really taught me how to do all of the things that i'm here getting this award for, and it was because of his belief that i could do it and his belief and faith in me that i could do things that i had no clue that i could do it that i am here and that i've achieved some of the things that i have achieved and so i really appreciate him and i really thank you for that. he doesn't have a woman problem, he has fabulous women who are ebony who are leading and tamika here before me as a national director. before i leave i'm going to keep it brief. a special thank you to some of the women in the room wh