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I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made because, growing up, she experienced a very different Mississippi than the one that exists today.

Viola Davis

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Viola Davis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 11
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