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Ma Rainey: A Memoir of a Shy Girl
"I didn't know that you sort of come into the world worthy," Viola Davis says. "Your worth and who you are was defined by a system that didn't recognize you as a human being" The actress is in awe of what it took to bring Ma Rainey to life through her immersion, she says. She also talks about how black women recover from trauma like animals.