"Miami has such a rich history in the world of Black music, and we want to educate people about the important figures who ...

Often called the Beyoncé of the 1920s, Josephine Baker lived a dozen lives in her time on earth. The African American singer ...

Produced by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, Industry, I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches) in association with ...

In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...

Though journalist Marcel Sauvage briefly touches on Josephine Baker’s later life and he hints at her work during World War II ...

A rare, intimate picture of Baker emerges in her memoir, Fearless and Free, originally published in France in 1949 and now ...

Josephine Baker, nicknamed Black Venus poses on September 23, 1951, in a Balmain black velvet gown topped off with a huge heart-shaped ermine collar with muff to match. (AFP/Getty Images ...

Stepping into the shoes of a literary figure as well known as Virginia Woolf would be a nerve-wracking challenge for anyone, ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...