Ma Rainey

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Ma Rainey: Media

American singer

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Ma Rainey and her band

Ma Rainey and her band

Ma Rainey (centre) and her band, 1923.

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Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey, from a U.S. postage stamp, 1994.

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