JOSEPHINE BAKER: DANCER, SINGER, SPY, ACTIVIST
You know about the banana skirt but Josephine Baker contained multitudes. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re taking a look at the life and loves of Josephine Baker. She went from living in a cardboard box on the streets of St. Louis to commanding the stage in Paris before spying for the French Resistance in World War II and integrating night clubs across America. Black girls are magic and Josephine Baker was truly enchanting.
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Non-fiction
Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/742773.Josephine_Baker
Josephine Baker by The Dead Ladies Show Podcast - https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/04/18/podcast-22-josephine-baker/
Fiction
Josephine Baker’s Last Dance by Sherry Jones - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532099
Film
The Josephine Baker Story (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN8TBm4IOTI
Bonus Materials
Josephine dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmw5eGh888Y
Josephine singing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lLly_oHvSo
Josephine interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTG2zrvgkZ0
Why Won’t Society Let Black Girls Be Children? - https://parenting.nytimes.com/preschooler/adultification-black-girls
Lena Horne: Hollywood’s First Black Glamour Girl - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/5/4/lena-horne-hollywoods-first-african-american-glamour-girl