Josephina Baker, AKA “La Baker,” was a notorious black performer who left the United States because of oppressive segregation. Claiming France as her new Motherland, Baker performed her signature ...
In Josephine Baker's memoir, "Fearless and Free" — an English translation (from the French) was published in February — she described the moment she left the United States as an unknown dancer in 1925 ...
Editor's note: The following is next in a series for Black History Month presented by Sheboygan Area Black-American Community Outreach. As a resounding theme for 2024 and to commemorate the ...