A deeper look at the Harlem Renaissance child star whose baby-voice jazz performances shaped one of America’s most ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 29, 1959. It is republished unedited in its original form, with the children’s nations of origin as Baker identified them at ...

Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France, July 5, 1959: Josephine Baker, her husband Jo (Joe) Bouillon and several of their ten adopted children at their home of Les Milandes in the Dordogne Valley. Baker has ...

Fred Cavayé, Vincent Lindon, Noémie Merlant, Tahar Rahim and Maïmouna Doucouré were among the creatives taking the stage during a Canal+/StudioCanal 2026 preview in the French capital. By Georg Szalai ...

Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.

Before Beyonce, there was Josephine. Before Diana, there was Josephine. Before Madonna, Mariah, Celine or Selena, there was Josephine. Before Shakira, Lady Gaga, Billy Eilish, Taylor Swift – and so on ...

ST. LOUIS — "We're proud to announce that the world's largest privately held collection of Josephine Baker artifacts is coming into the collection at the Missouri Historical Society," Peter Kastor, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – It was announced Wednesday that ...

Items among Mary Strauss' bequest to the Missouri History Museum include hair care product and a costume worn by Josephine Baker. For 40 years, Mary Strauss has painstakingly acquired items related to ...

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 ...

PARIS — Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. Fifty years after her death, Baker now gazes out over a diverse neighborhood ...