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Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
Ma Rainey
Born: April 26, 1886
Died: December 22, 1939 (aged 53)
Bio: "Ma" Rainey was one of the earliest African American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues".
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