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Paris is celebrating Josephine Baker with a new mural honoring her legacy. The artwork was unveiled Saturday in northeast ...
Josephine Baker died in Paris of a stroke in 1975. Crowds poured into the streets as she was buried with full military honors – a salute to her life and her legacy.
The Josephine Baker Story starred Lynn Whitfield (as Baker), Rubén Blades (as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino) as well as the late Louis Gossett Jr. (as Sidney Williams), ...
In Josephine Baker's iconic song, "J'ai Deux Amours," the legendary entertainer describes having two loves, "my country and Paris." Forty-six years after her death, the French capital is giving ...
A bright mural of Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age entertainer and civil rights activist, now peers over Paris, the city she made her home. The mural comes from urban artist Franck Duval, known as FKDL, ...
Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural.
Josephine Baker's remains will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first Black woman with the honor.
Josephine Baker's story is one for the books—and the small screen. The entertainer's life will be at the center of an upcoming TV series.