The life of Josephine Baker—entertainer, civil rights activist, spy for the French Resistance in World War II—is a story that sounds like fiction even before being dramatized, and now author Sherry ...
“Josephine Baker was a trendsetter and the trend, in my opinion, was Blackness,” award-winning ballet soloist Gabe Stone Sheyer said poignantly about the legacy of the renowned dancer 100 years after ...
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 ...
Josephine Baker was the first Black female superstar. In the 1920s, she took Paris by storm with her exuberant dance ...