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Josephine Baker was an American-born actress and dancer, who would go on to take France by storm and become one of Europe’s ...
France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of ...
By Brandon Fey, News Editor On Thursday, March 27, the French department hosted a discussion on Josephine Baker, an ...
That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor ... Josephine Baker who was also a French World War II spy and civil rights activist into its Pantheon. She is the first Black woman ...
Baker, who for a time was married to Jean Lion, a French ... to the Pantheon in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron, in the eulogy he delivered from the monument, said: “Stereotypes, Josephine ...
The trailblazing performer and activist’s book, ‘Fearless and Free,’ hits shelves on Feb. 4 In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir.
Joséphine Baker, le musical, created by Jean-Pierre Hadida(Anne le musical, Le Pirate et la poupée ), dramatizes the great moments in the life of the American-born French actress, singer and dancer.
The life of Josephine Baker is a dazzling rags to riches story of a musical icon, stage sensation and heroine of the French Resistance who took 20th Century Europe by storm – think Janelle Monae ...