Alice Fennelly grew up in Loveland, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains and bronze sculptures. Now, living in a suburb of Paris, she was inspired by the life story of Joséphine Baker — a woman filled ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the curtain rose on La Revue Nègre, a jazz and burlesque show featuring Black artists at the Théâtre des ...

For every feather boa and rhinestone gown, there was also the burden of being treated as disposable, and yet, the showgirl endured, teaching us that true glamour is as much about resilience as it is ...

Items among Mary Strauss' bequest to the Missouri History Museum include hair care product and a costume worn by Josephine Baker. For 40 years, Mary Strauss has painstakingly acquired items related to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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She entered history not with a whisper, but with a shimmy, a smile, and a string of bananas. Josephine Baker was many things—a dazzling performer, a cunning spy, a civil rights warrior, and the ...

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.

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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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A century ago, Josephine Baker’s ...