A private collection of Josephine Baker memorabilia is going to the Missouri Historical Society, thanks to a charitable bequest by philanthropist Mary Strauss announced Aug. 13, 2025. Baker, born ...

"New York Times" White House correspondent Peter Baker on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" expressed his displeasure with the Trump administration for approving the Skydance-Paramount merger. JOE SCARBOROUGH, ...

Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. Fifty years after her death, Baker now gazes out over a diverse neighborhood of ...

Josephine Baker arrived in Paris from the slums of St. Louis in 1925 and rose to stardom playing a stereotype of an African “primitive” in “La revue nègre,” a musical act featuring an all-black cast.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Josephine Baker lived a remarkable, ...

Often called the Beyoncé of the 1920s, Josephine Baker lived a dozen lives in her time on earth. The African American singer made France her home, rising to stardom for her legendary dance moves, ...

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NEW YORK — In the 1935 film “Princesse Tam-Tam,” Josephine Baker’s title character is at a chic club when she forgets herself — and her lessons in acting white — at the sound of an African drum. As ...

Editor's note: The following is next in a series for Black History Month presented by Sheboygan Area Black-American Community Outreach. As a resounding theme for 2024 and to commemorate the ...

She entertained Europe between the wars and still inspires artists and activists now, as a new exhibition in Berlin shows. A 1920s portrait of Josephine Baker by ...