Viola Davis bought her birthplace on a former slave plantation for her birthday

The plantation is located near the town of St. Matthews in Calhoun County, about 38 miles from Columbia.

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- pic.twitter.com/CatJK405BL

— Viola Davis (@violadavis) August 11, 2020