Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald on 6 June 1906 in St ... a child worked as a live in domestic in order to support her family. At age 11 Baker witnessed the violent East St.

“Josephine Baker was not just a woman who became a Black ... and referred to their family as “The Rainbow Tribe.” She also performed right up until her death in 1975 at age 68.

Wearing sequins, rhinestones, pearls — and sometimes nothing — Josephine Baker lit up the stage. She danced her way out of abject poverty in St. Louis into the grand orchestra halls and ...

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 ...

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 ...