The remains of American-born singer and dancer will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris this fall. By The Associated Press The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker ...
For those who know anything about the swanky jazz singer who found solace in 1920s Europe, Josephine Baker‘s legacy is often tied to the glitz and glamour of Paris, where she captivated audiences with ...
At 4 p.m., a guided tour of the grounds of Villa Beau-Chêne, built between 1890 and 1891 by local architect Louis Gilbert. It was here, around 1929, that Josephine Baker found refuge among villas and ...
The late entertainer was bestowed with the prestigious honor Tuesday Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a Digital News Writer. Her work ...
“Fearless and Free,” recorded between 1926 and 1949, is full of heroism, glamour, righteous anger — and things you wish you could unsee. By Lesley M. M. Blume Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s ...
Janelle Monáe is set to star as pioneering entertainer Josephine Baker in an upcoming series that focuses on the singer’s turn as a French Resistance spy for the Allies during World War 2. A24 and ...
The famed entertainer-activist and French Resistance hero will be the first Black woman to receive the honor, 46 years after her death in 1975. One of the most pioneering Black entertainers in history ...
Rare archives resolve the puzzle of Josephine Baker's fascinating 50-year-long career. The amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France ...
American-born entertainer Josephine Baker will become the first black woman to be inducted into Paris’ Panthéon memorials for icons of France. Baker, who died in 1975 at 68, was born Freda Josephine ...
France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of ...
The American-born singer and World War II hero is the first Black woman to get France's highest honor. At the end of this month, France gives a special honor to Josephine Baker. The remains of the ...
Josephine Baker, the trailblazing American-born entertainer and civil rights activist, is the first Black woman to be laid to rest at France’s Pantheon. The Parisian monument is dedicated to iconic ...