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.

For many African-Americans, when she crossed the color line, she didn't cross back. She didn't take anyone with her, and so that was also a problem. It's not like Josephine Baker created an ...

On Nov. 29, Josephine Baker, Black American ... while French citizens of color enjoyed formal equality but nevertheless experienced discrimination. France justified differential treatment by ...

In this respect, Josephine Baker, who clowned her way into the heart of les Années folles—France’s Roaring Twenties—and played the civilized primitive when she got there, might have been ...

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 ...

Josephine Baker," running through June 30 ... but stung by critics and rejected by hotels and restaurants for the color of her skin. Van is complemented well by Tolu Ekisola as the incredulous ...

We let color mean a lot of things in the film ... Baker did a lot of things where it was like, Who is Josephine Baker? She was playing so many different roles. What can you tell me about the ...