This note and Oluo’s foreword set the stage for some unsavory comments from Baker about Black and Jewish relations. More on that in a moment. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in 1906, Baker married ...

The trailblazing performer and activist’s book, ‘Fearless and Free,’ hits shelves on Feb. 4 In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir.

That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor will take place Tuesday. But critics in France say that by focusing on an American-born figure,… Josephine Baker makes history as first ...

The story of the iconic Josephine Baker comes to life at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater with Josephine: A Burlesque ...

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) found fame in France in the 1920s as the American expat who danced in “a mere belt of bananas.” ...

Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald on 6 June 1906 in St. Louis Missouri. Baker experienced precarity throughout her early childhood and as a child worked as a live in domestic in order to ...

France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of ...

Happy Women’s History Month! I have two amazing women to share with you. One a dancer, singer, actress, spy and civil right ...

You march to your own drummer and as in the new memoir, “Fearless and Free: A Memoir” by Josephine Baker, translated the French by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis, foreword by Ijeoma Oluo ...

Born in St. Louis, Mo. on June 3, 1906, Baker, whose real name was Freda Josephine McDonald, began performing at a young age. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and performed at the ...

France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of ...