Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, a street ...

Josephine Baker became a 1930s megastar, especially in France, where she moved in 1925 to escape US racism and segregation ...

Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. Fifty ...

Paris pays homage to entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with vibrant new mural A striking new mural in northeast Paris celebrates Josephine Baker – American-born performer, French ...

From Little Africa to the jazz cafes where Josephine Baker performed, here’s where to immerse yourself in the art, food, and ...

The Cabaret. In artistic Montmartre, Paris, a stone’s throw away from the red windmill tower of the landmark Moulin Rouge, sits a piece of Josephine Baker’s legacy that is not widely known ...

PARIS — Laurent Kupferman has been obsessed with Josephine Baker for nearly a decade, reading everything he could about a woman whose life story was so improbable, so American and yet so French.

In Josephine Baker's iconic song, "J'ai Deux Amours," the legendary entertainer describes having two loves, "my country and Paris." Forty-six years after her death, the French capital is giving ...

In this Feb. 21, 1949 file photo, singer and dancer Josephine Baker performs during a show in Paris. (AP Photo/File) Baker quickly became famous for her “banana skirt” dance routines and wowed ...

A new mural in north-eastern Paris revives the spirit of legendary entertainer, activist and French resistance member Josephine Baker, and her love for both her country, the United States, and her ...

“But it was also a place where it was kind of the first real African American community in Paris.” Josephine Baker . Singer and dancer Josephine Baker (1906 – 1975), sitting on a tiger rug.