Annie Lee Cooper of Selma, Ala., fights with sheriff’s officers who tried to apprehend her in 1965. Cooper, then 56 years old, was ordered to go home by Sheriff James G. Clark, ...

Oprah Winfrey: I played Annie Lee Cooper in 'Selma' because Cooper was an 'Oprah' fan "I said 'yes' for Annie Lee Cooper and her tuna fish sandwich watching 'The Oprah Show' every day, but, more ...

Oprah Winfrey (center) plays Annie Lee Cooper in “Selma,” about a Martin Luther King march in Alabama. The film opened last week. Atsushi Nishijima Paramount Pictures, Pathé, Harpo Films The ...

Annie Lee Cooper, one of those extraordinary Black women whose name is often left out of the history books, stood in line on Jan. 25, 1965, to register to vote at the courthouse in Selma, Ala ...

Annie Lee Cooper is portrayed by Oprah in the upcoming movie 'Selma,' and Oprah Prime will have a special 'Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 years later' on OWN tonight at 8 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey pulls no punches in Selma—literally.. The Oscar-nominated media mogul plays Annie Lee Cooper, a real life civil rights activist most known for punching Selma sheriff Jim Clark ...

Winfrey will play Annie Lee Cooper, an elderly woman who tried to register to vote and was unfairly denied by Sheriff Clark. She was a visible leader amongst the civil rights protesters in Selma.

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 12, 2021. Annie Lee Cooper stood in line on Jan. 25, 1965, to register to vote at the courthouse in Selma, Ala.

According to The Wrap, Oprah Winfrey will portray freedom fighter Annie Lee Cooper.Cooper, a Selma, Ala., native, who died in November 2010 at 100 years old, stood in line for hours in an attempt ...

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 12, 2021. Annie Lee Cooper stood in line on Jan. 25, 1965, to register to vote at the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Black people had been ...