A rare, intimate picture of Baker emerges in her memoir, Fearless and Free, originally published in France in 1949 and now ...

In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...

Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald on 6 June 1906 in St. Louis Missouri. Baker experienced precarity throughout her early childhood ... throughout her storied life. Chiquita the cheetah ...

Often called the Beyoncé of the 1920s, Josephine Baker lived a dozen lives in her time on earth. The African American singer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I’m not sure,” she added, “that, by the end of her life, Josephine herself ... citing remarks in the memoir. Baker vehemently denied the charge, noting her early support for the state ...

Now they finally come to the UK in Fearless and Free Twenty-seven books solely devoted to Josephine Baker are listed in the British Library catalogue. This shouldn’t be surprising: the life of ...

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 ...

In 1926, Josephine ... scandalous by many. Baker noted how she was perceived, both by certain audiences she appeared for, and others she interacted with throughout her life.