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A striking new mural in northeast Paris celebrates Josephine Baker – American-born performer, French Resistance spy, and ...
Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, a street ...
Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural.
The colorful street art, which features a quote from one of her songs, honors the iconic singer, dancer and civil rights activist's enduring legacy ...
Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation's ...
Josephine Baker has been brought back to life and memorialized in Paris with a new mural, fifty years after her passing.
A new mural in north-eastern Paris revives the spirit of legendary entertainer, activist and French resistance member Josephine Baker, and her love for both her country, the United States, and her ...
In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the stage and screen performer thought it was a hilarious prospect, until she ...
Performer Josephine Baker is one of the first internationally recognised African American entertainers. Baker was born in St Louis on June 3, 1906. She married and raised her children in France ...
In artistic Montmartre, Paris, a stone’s throw away from the red windmill tower of the landmark Moulin Rouge, sits a piece of Josephine Baker’s legacy that is not widely known, but for which ...
Portrait of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) lying on a tiger rug in a silk evening gown and diamond earrings. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...