French US-born singer and dancer Joséphine Baker traveled the world gathering intelligence for the allies, and once even survived enemy fire in Algeria by diving near a buffet tent. AFP via Getty ...
She performed with a string of bananas tied around her waist, an electrifying act that led her to become first a local sensation in Paris, and then an international star. By Special to The New York ...
Though she died 50 years ago, Josephine Baker had a life so fabulous that we’re still finding out new facts about her. Orlando will hear some of them when “Josephine,” the critically acclaimed ...
One hundred years ago, Josephine Baker left America and changed the world. Before Beyoncé filled stadiums, before Rihanna built a billion-dollar brand, and before Tina Turner took control of her story ...
She entertained Europe between the wars and still inspires artists and activists now, as a new exhibition in Berlin shows. A 1920s portrait of Josephine Baker by ...
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 29, 1959. It is republished unedited in its original form, with the children’s nations of origin as Baker identified them at ...
The amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French Resistance, and ...
Josephine Baker was an American who captured the French imagination, both to stardom and military honors. This legendary woman made her mark on the world, through performance, heroism in war time, and ...
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