For so many years South Carolina was considered one of the worst states when it came to education, incarceration rates and other key measures that are indicators of future success,’’ Davis said.

Born in South Carolina and raised in Rhode Island, actress Viola Davis graduated from Rhode Island College in 1988 with a theater degree. After graduating from Julliard in 1993, the How to Get ...

Viola Davis has always felt connected to her mother's ancestors from South Carolina, even if she's never known much about them. The Academy Award-winning actor uncovers a "messy truth" about her ...

So when someone asks you, Viola Davis, who are your people, where do you come from? What do you say? - I always say I came from Singleton Plantation, in St. Matthews, South Carolina. I was born in ...

LOS ANGELES − Viola Davis is no stranger to accepting awards ... The actress was born in South Carolina but raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island. "Growing up in a house with alcoholism and ...

Researching Viola Davis ahead of our interview ... born to an activist mother and horse trainer father in South Carolina, Davis grew up in extreme poverty, witnessing her father’s violence ...

Julius Tennon, Genesis Tennon, and Viola Davis walk the runway during the ... Little country girl from St. Matthews, South Carolina — that she birthed me, and she birthed this.” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors: Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling ...

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, which recently wrapped the action-thriller “G20” for Amazon Studios and MRC Film in Cape Town, is planning to return to South Africa to ...