Paris honors U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural, promoting community spirit ...

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Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. 50 years ...

A striking new mural in northeast Paris celebrates Josephine Baker – American-born performer, French Resistance spy, and ...

Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris.

Josephine Baker overcame the racism that she parodied in her famous banana skirt dance to become the world's first Black female superstar. And later this month she will become the first Black woman to ...

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 became a civil rights activist.

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri paid homage to Josephine Baker with her spring haute couture show on Monday, sending out a dazzling lineup featuring golden jacquards, crushed velvet and beaded ...

Baker first came to Paris in 1925. After performing in some of the first Black shows on Broadway and winning praise for her daring dance routines, Josephine crossed the Atlantic to join Paris’ La ...

Josephine Baker is seen as the epitome of French universalism. Into America explores how this narrative obscures the reality of Black life in France.

Paris: Josephine Baker — the US-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — has been inducted into France’s Pantheon, becoming the first black woman to receive the nation’s ...