The colorful street art, which features a quote from one of her songs, honors the iconic singer, dancer and civil rights ...

Josephine Baker receives one of France's highest honors 46 years after her death She was a singer, dancer, actress and fashion ambassador, which made her one of the first international stars and ...

Josephine Baker with army officers during the ceremony at which she was awarded with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm on Aug. 19, 1961. AFP via Getty Images ...

Josephine Baker died in Paris of a stroke in 1975. Crowds poured into the streets as she was buried with full military honors – a salute to her life and her legacy.

Entertainer Josephine Baker holds a rhinestone-studded microphone as she performs during her show “Paris, mes Amours” at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris, on May 27, 1957. France is inducting ...

Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur© Tiny Reparations Our file picture shows famous american Jazz singer and dancer Josephine Baker during a show-revue at Paris ...

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakeningis available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the stage and screen performer thought it was a hilarious prospect, until she ...

Josephine Baker was also the first black woman to star in a feature film, 1927’s “Siren of the Tropics” (“La Sirène des tropiques”). Roger Viollet via Getty Images Baker, born in 1906 ...

“Josephine Baker can be considered to be the first Black superstar,” said Rosemary Phillips, a Barbados-born performer and co-owner of Baker’s park in southwestern France, on Tuesday.

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about some favorite Black photographic subjects in the Smithsonian's collection. He remembers a photo of Josephine Baker in France from the 1920s.

JOSEPHINE BAKER: (Singing in French). ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In "J’ai Deux Amours," Josephine Baker's most iconic song, she sings of having two loves - my country and Paris.