Siren of the Tropics
1928
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4 days ago · This Black History Month, let’s delve into the remarkable life and legacy of Josephine Baker. From St. Louis to the Parisian Stage. Josephine’s early life was marked by poverty and hardship. She dropped out of school at age 13 and began her career as a chorus girl in the bustling entertainment scene of St. Louis.
2 days ago · June 30, 2024. The Legend is True, The Syncopated Bookshelf. “ It seemed the perfect way to fight my war.”. – Josephine Baker. No American was ever more beloved by the French nation than Josephine Baker. In France’s hour of greatest peril she risked everything returning that love. Using her fame for cover during the Second World War she ...
1 day ago · Josephine was born June 3, 1906 and grew up in the slums of St. Louis, Missouri. Early in her life, she began to search for a way out. She married Willie Wells at the age of 13, but the marriage didn’t work out. In 1921 she married Willie Baker. That marriage also didn’t work out.
5 days ago · It was obvious to everyone that Josephine Baker was born for the stage — but she got tired of the racism she experienced every day, and the limitations it placed on her career. Instead, she traveled to Paris, where audiences were spellbound by her singing and dancing.
5 days ago · Josephine Baker sought to live a life outside the color line, in a world where her... read more
1 day ago · It also underscores, though, how often Baker’s image was commodified—portraiture functioning as promotion and projection of external expectations more so than as “an image that reveals [Baker’s] character, context, or inner life,” observed Dr. Francis, whose book Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism is a study on the intricacies of ...
5 days ago · Josephine Baker: Sexuality and Subterfuge. Free. Registration Required. www.eventbrite.com…. Join the National Portrait Gallery and the International Spy Museum for a conversation about Josephine Baker’s career as a spy for the French Resistance during World War II.
