Person · 1906–1975
Josephine Baker
The St. Louis-born dancer who conquered Paris, spied for the French Resistance, and marched for civil rights.
A global star of [[black-stage]].
Josephine Baker became the toast of 1920s Paris, where she found a freedom denied her in America. She served as a French Resistance agent in World War II and, decades later, was the only official female speaker at the 1963 March on Washington.