A century before Beyoncé, Josephine Baker became America’s first global pop star. She broke barriers, built a brand, and ...

Josephine Baker, trailblazing performer and civil rights activist, published her memoir, 'Fearless and Free,' in 1949. Now, the book is being released in the United States for the first time on Feb 4.

Born in St. Louis, Mo. on June 3, 1906, Baker, whose real name was Freda Josephine McDonald, began performing at a young age. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and performed at the ...

Josephine Baker performs at the Folies Bergère, c. 1925. ... brought home lost animals and made faces in school. An early and urgent drive, she says, was to help others: ...

There was no shortage of epithets for Josephine Baker, the St. Louis-born polymath who took Paris by storm when she arrived there in 1925, aged 19, to headline “La Revue Nègre,” a show of all ...

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 ...

In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. ... And I was too! " Baker recalled of taking her "dear animals" on a trip.