Viola Davis celebrated his birthday by proudly appropriating his younger history. The Oscar-winning actress, who turned Tuesday, shared a photo of her home on a former plantation in South Carolina.
“The above is the space where I was born on August 11, 1965. This is the birthplace of my story,” Davis posted on Instagram. “Today in my 55th year of lifeArray … I own itArray.. All.
The above 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. ・・・ “May you live long enough to know why you were born.” -Cherokee Birth Blessing-
A shared post through VIOLA DAVIS (@violadavis) on August 11, 2020 at 8:15 am PDT
Fans temporarily assumed that Davis had purchased Singleton Plantation’s assets in St. Matthews, South Carolina, but Davis later clarified in the comments that this is not the case.
“UhArray … unlike InternetArray sites … I do not own” nor the space above, I “own” my STORY !! Too much summary, I wonder, ” he wrote in the comments.
Davis spoke in the past of the “horrible” asset story where his grandfather was a sharecrop company and spoke about his humble upbringing in a 2016 interview with Jess Cagle, former editorial director of People and Entertainment Weekly.
“My grandmother’s space was a one-bedroom cabin. I have a picture of her on my phone because I think it’s a great picture,” she says.
“I didn’t do it for long, because I was the fifth child, so we moved in a while after my birth,” he told Cagle. “I mean, I re-scaled soon but still not being aware of the story. I think I read a story about slaves from someone who on that horrible plantation. One hundred and sixty acres of land, and my grandfather a sharecroed. Most of my uncles and cousins are farmers. That’s the selection they had.”
“My mom said that the day I was born, all my uncles and aunts were home,” she said, “all drinking, laughing and having fun,” she continued.
Davis described that he had no running water or bath, but under the pressure that, despite the “decimated environment,” he loves to hear the story of his birth because there is joy. “It’s not a matter of things, you know?”