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One hundred years ago, Josephine Baker left America and changed the world. Before Beyoncé filled stadiums, before Rihanna built a billion-dollar brand, and before Tina Turner took control of her story ...

She performed with a string of bananas tied around her waist, an electrifying act that led her to become first a local sensation in Paris, and then an international star. By Special to The New York ...

Famous for her dancing, comedy and costumes, there was never a risk of boredom when Josephine Baker took the stage. An international Jazz Age star and a World War II spy to boot?It sounds like a story ...

PARIS (AP) — France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final ...

Josephine Baker was an American who captured the French imagination, both to stardom and military honors. This legendary woman made her mark on the world, through performance, heroism in war time, and ...

She entertained Europe between the wars and still inspires artists and activists now, as a new exhibition in Berlin shows. A 1920s portrait of Josephine Baker by ...

“Before Ella, Tina, Billie, or Beyoncé – there was Josephine!” shouts The District Theatre notice for the return engagement of Tymisha Harris’ original salute to international star Josephine Baker, ...

PARIS (AP) — France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final ...

In artistic Montmartre, Paris, a stone’s throw away from the red windmill tower of the landmark Moulin Rouge, sits a piece of Josephine Baker’s legacy that is not widely known, but for which, a quiet ...

France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of ...