Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald on 6 June 1906 in St ... While out to dinner at New York’s elite Stork Club waiters refused to serve Baker after she ordered a steak, claiming that ...

on June 3, 1906, Baker, whose real name was Freda Josephine McDonald, began performing at a young age. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and performed at the Plantation Club during the ...

The story of the iconic Josephine Baker will come to life at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater March 20 to 23 with “Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.” This one-woman ...

That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor will take place Tuesday. But critics in France say that by focusing on an American-born figure,… Josephine Baker makes history as first ...

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 ...

Singer/actress Josephine Baker and boxer Joe Louis with friends at the Knight Beat Club inside the Sir John Hotel. The photograph has a note to Clyde Killens, promoter, from Josephine Baker.