“I Own It…All Of It”: Viola Davis Purchased The Slave Plantation Where She Was Born For Her 55th Birthday

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“I Own It…All Of It”: Viola Davis Purchased The Slave Plantation Where She Was Born For Her 55th Birthday

"The above house is the house where I was born August 11, 1965. It is the birthplace of my story. Today on my 55th year of life...I own it...all of it," she wrote.

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