152K views · 867 reactions | More people should know about Josephine Baker. Baker started her career as a burlesque dancer, before she became a spy against the Nazis and for the French resistance. She later dedicated her life to fighting racism in the United States. | ATTN: | Facebook

BIRTHDAY LEGEND! Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) One of the singularly most impressive figures of 20th century history. A true renaissance woman if there ever was one. Baker was one of the most iconic entertainers of the jazz age, adopting France as her home country, she became an overnight sensation with her outlandish costumes and revolutionary dance routines. Later becoming a French resistance fighter during WWII. She refused to play for segregated audiences, which was part of why her career in

MÈRE POULE ENGAGÉE. «Nous croyons tous que nous appartenons à une seule race humaine : la fraternité». 1968, sur le plateau de «Discorama», la chanteuse et danseuse Joséphine Baker confie à Denise Glaser qu’elle entend donner un modèle de «vivre ensemble» et de «fraternité» à ses enfants. L'artiste, héroïne de la Seconde guerre mondiale et philantrope entre au Panthéon mardi 30 novembre. | INA