4.9K views · 95 reactions | Josephine Baker, a chorus girl from America becomes an superstar in Paris, bringing modernity to the Europe of the Roaring Twenties. | Don't miss the Premiere of #JosephineBakerTheStoryOfAnAwakening tonight, 7.30pm. | NITV | Facebook

BIRTHDAY LEGEND! Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) One of the singularly most impressive figures of 20th century history. A true renaissance woman if there ever was one. Baker was one of the most iconic entertainers of the jazz age, adopting France as her home country, she became an overnight sensation with her outlandish costumes and revolutionary dance routines. Later becoming a French resistance fighter during WWII. She refused to play for segregated audiences, which was part of why her career in

3.7K views · 126 reactions |  A star of stage, screen and song, a resistance fighter, and a civil rights activist, Josephine Baker took on many roles during a rollercoaster career straddling continents, epochs and wars. Here's more on Baker's extraordinary life ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook