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 ...
ST. LOUIS — "We're proud to announce that the world's largest privately held collection of Josephine Baker artifacts is coming into the collection at the Missouri Historical Society," Peter Kastor, ...
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 (AP) — 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 ...
A striking new mural in northeast Paris celebrates Josephine Baker – American-born performer, French Resistance spy, and civil rights hero – bringing her spirit back to the streets of the city she ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Econ Griot, telling culture and economic stories on radio and beyond. One hundred years ago, Josephine Baker left America and ...
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.
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