Oprah Honors Breonna Taylor

Oprah Winfrey has relinquished the titular cover from O Magazine for the first time in twenty years and instead choosing to honor Breonna Taylor. In a heartfelt tribute to Breonna, Oprah pens a beautiful article shedding light on her recent interactions with Breonna’s mother Tamika Palmer, sharing details of who Breonna was as a young woman, and recounting her wrongful death.

“Breonna Taylor loved cars and treated her 2019 Dodge Charger like a trusted friend,” Oprah wrote. “Breonna Taylor loved chicken any way you could cook it. Breonna Taylor put hot sauce on everything, especially eggs. Breonna Taylor appreciated every kind of music and the dances that went along. Breonna Taylor treated all her friends like besties. Breonna Taylor was a force in the life of her 20-year-old sister. Breonna Taylor felt meaning and purpose in her work as an emergency room technician. Breonna Taylor was saving to buy a house. Breonna Taylor had plans. Breonna Taylor had dreams. They all died with her the night five bullets shattered her body and her future.”

Source: NBC Bayarea

#SayHerName has become synonymous with Breonna Taylor as celebrities, political figures, and social media champions for her killers to be brought to justice. As a 26 year old woman with a whole life ahead of her, her death was tragic and still remains a daily conversation in which people seek answers and closure over the events that transpired. In the wake of the magazine cover, Oprah recently purchased 26 billboards across Louisville, Kentucky demanding that the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor be arrested and charged. The billboards were funded by O Magazine and quotes Oprah stating: “If you turn a blind eye to racism, you become an accomplice to it.” Louisville continues to remain under a microscope as the world awaits to see if state-level charges will be charged against the Louisville officers who committed the crime.