Josephine Baker was a dazzling dancer, a fearless spy, and one of the world’s first Black superstars. In this episode of Dead Funny History, historian Greg Jenner tells her extraordinary story with ...

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D.C. playwright and director Andy Evans wanted contemporary audiences to get reacquainted with the gifted comedic artistry of D.C. resident and international Black comedian, Jackie Moms Mabley. So he ...

Before Ella, Tina, Billie, or Beyoncé – there was Josephine! Josephine Baker was the first African-American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century. In this ...

If someone says the name Josephine Baker, what springs to mind? The famous singer of the jazz age? The spy in World War II, celebrated for her part in aiding the French Resistance? Most people ...

She entertained Europe between the wars and still inspires artists and activists now, as a new exhibition in Berlin shows. A 1920s portrait of Josephine Baker by ...

Josephine Baker, the American-born entertainer and civil rights activist who first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into ...

A private collection of Josephine Baker memorabilia is going to the Missouri Historical Society, thanks to a charitable bequest by philanthropist Mary Strauss announced Aug. 13, 2025. Baker, born ...

Deep in the French countryside sits a medieval castle, Château des Milandes, with a most unlikely history. Akio, from Japan, and his brother, Brian, from the north African country of Algeria, have ...

PARIS — Josephine Baker, the American-born entertainer and civil rights activist who first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was ...