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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | What to Watch

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | What to Watch

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7 min
18 Dec 20
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Ma Rainey, the “mother of the blues,” arrives at a recording studio in 1927 to make a new album with her band, including an ambitious young trumpeter. But even the most powerful Black artists run up against the limits of segregated America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices