Josephine Baker

2 days agoJosephine Baker the French-American civil rights activist music hall superstar and second world war resistance hero has become the first Black woman to enter Frances Panthéon mausoleum of. Footage of Josephine Baker performing her infamous Banana Dance at the Folies Bergère in Paris France c.


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Later she became a chorus girl on the St.

. Her fathers identity is widely disputed by some. Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis as Freda Josephine McDonald to Carrie McDonald an adoptee of a formerly enslaved couple.

On June 3 1906 Freda Josephine McDonald was born in St. She first danced for the public on the streets of St. Unfortunately their careers never took.

Josephine Baker original name Freda Josephine McDonald born June 3 1906 St. Louis Missouri USdied April 12 1975 Paris France American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture which took Paris by storm in the 1920s. Her parents both entertainers performed throughout the segregated Midwest often bringing her on stage during their shows.

Between the ages of 8 and 10 she was out of. Baker grew up fatherless and in poverty. Louis MO in 1906 to Carrie McDonald a laundress and Eddie Carson a musician.

Josephine Baker was born on June 3 1906 in St. Louis for nickels and dimes. 2 days agoJosephine Baker enters the Panthéon because she is a woman who was born Black and American in a closed society who became the embodiment of the values of the Enlightenment of the French.

Her early life hinted at her future career.


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