Oprah’s ‘O Magazine’ Honors Breonna Taylor In Historic Cover

August 7, 2020

A portrait of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician shot dead by police in her own home earlier this year, will appear on the cover of the latest issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. It is the first time in the magazine’s 20-year history that the cover will not feature Oprah Winfrey. The historic cover arrives as supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement continue to demand justice for Taylor; in the four months since her death, no legal action has been pursued against the officers responsible. Winfrey called for readers to sign petitions, reach out to Kentucky officials and donate to Louisville bail funds in a column that also explained her decision to give up the cover. “With every death of a Black person at the hands of police, there are two real tragedies: the death itself, and the inaction and delays that follow it. This is your chance to end that pattern.”

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