Useful Links
Biography
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/rainey-gertrude-ma-1886-1939/ Blueswomen in Harlem https://www.pbs.org/outofthepast/past/p3/1925_1.html Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: The True Story of Rainey's Legacy | Time https://time.com/5923096/ma-rainey-true-story/ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Shows the True Story Of a Musician Determined to Live On Her Own Terms https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34961491/ma-raineys-black-bottom-true-story/ Ma Rainey's "Prove It On Me Blues," 1928, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey's Amazing Resistance Anthem https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/rainey/rainey2 |