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Ma Rainey injected music with controversy By Melissa Ruggieri, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published: March 4, 2021, 6:02am Share: Ma Rainey with the Georgia Jazz Band in Chicago in 1923. (Album/Zuma Press) In the Netflix drama that spotlights a Chicago recording session, Ma Rainey argues with a cop about a fender bender. “You going to let me tell the story?” he asks her, exasperated. Rainey, as portrayed by Viola Davis, responds with a steely eyed stare. “Well, if you gonna tell it, tell it right,” she says. We’ll try to honor Rainey’s legacy and tell her story right. The Columbus, Ga., native born Gertrude Pridgett, is known as the “Mother of the Blues.” But the most celebrated modern recognition of her singing career, rooted in the 1920s, was generated by August Wilson in his 1982 play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” named for her song of the same name (which refers to the “black bottom” dan ....
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