Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur
In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...
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Josephine Baker: The Black Pearl Of Paris
Often called the Beyoncé of the 1920s, Josephine Baker lived a dozen lives in her time on earth. The African American singer ...
International Women's Day: Palais de la Femme celebrates March 8th!
To mark International Women's Rights Day, the Palais de la Femme is organizing a festive, feminist and supportive event in ...
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Josephine Baker Published Her Memoir in the 1940s. Now, It Arrives in the U.S. for the First Time
In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage ... Her performances, with their risqué dance ...
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Josephine Baker Published Her Memoir in the 1940s. Now, It Arrives in the U.S. for the First Time
Her performances, with their risqué dance moves, were also deemed scandalous ... way to live and thrive through those times.” “Josephine Baker was not just a woman who became a Black ...
Sadler's Wells East: the insider story behind London's new dance mecca
Sadler’s Wells East has finally opened on the new East Back: here is the story behind a long but fruitful journey ...
New drama Dope Girls is an explosion of glamour and grit — and Umi Myers is its beating heart
The BBC’s new drama, Dope Girls, comes with a lot of hype. It’s set at the start of the Roaring Twenties. It features an ...
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Review: William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes’ at the Wallis: A dazzling meditation on a world out of kilter
Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's ...
Carol Gordon's 'treasures' tell the story of Black American history
Carol Gordon is an avid collector of Black American memorabilia and has assembled a traveling history museum that she takes ...