and as French people of color still face discrimination, it will take more than Baker’s elevation to show the republic has changed. Josephine Baker, one of the most fascinating figures of French ...

Legendary Black entertainer Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black ... as more and more people of color in the nation are challenging long-held ideas of French universalism.

Tymisha Harris estimates that Josephine Baker packed as many as 10 lifetimes ... Hopefully we’ll be able to give it to other women of color. I want it to be recognized as a piece of art that ...