Their conversations over the next two decades culminated into the book Fearless and Free, first published in 1949. Now, the ...

The first image that pops into your head when you think of Josephine Baker is probably ... But there is so much more to Baker’s life story that it’s hard to think of anyone more overdue ...

She was so successful, the city created the Division of Child Hygiene (later the ... for life, on North Brother Island until ...

She escaped the racism of her native America to find global fame in France. Her 1949 memoir, published for the first time in English, captures Baker’s joyful voice ...

Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success takes ...

Fearless and Free,” recorded between 1926 and 1949, is full of heroism, glamour, righteous anger — and things you wish you could unsee.

The life of Josephine Baker is a dazzling rags to riches story of a musical icon, stage sensation and heroine of the French Resistance who took 20th Century Europe by storm – think Janelle Monae ...

Now they finally come to the UK in Fearless and Free Twenty-seven books solely devoted to Josephine Baker ... life of the black American entertainer who conquered Paris in the 1920s and later ...

The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no conclusion, and black girls in search of a role-model ...

The third episode of the new series, Makeup: A Glamourous History delves into how Josephine ... since childhood, Baker collected several exotic animals throughout her storied life.

The trailblazing performer and activist’s book, ‘Fearless and Free,’ hits shelves on Feb. 4 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and ...