‘We all are history’: Viola Davis urges graduates to own successes and failures

The actor, who was the keynote speaker at Barnard College’s commencement ceremony, also spoke of her personal history

The actor Viola Davis urged Barnard College graduates to connect with the past – even if it is painful – at a commencement ceremony Monday night.

“History is not the past, it is the present. We carry history with us. We all are history,” Davis said in a keynote address at the women’s college in New York City.

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