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    Josephine BakerAmerican-born French dancer
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    Early life

    Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. Baker's ancestry is … See more

    Career

    Baker's unrelenting badgering of a local show manager led to her recruitment for the St. Louis Chorus vaudeville act. At the age of 13, she headed to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and performed at the Plantati… See more

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    BornFreda Josephine McDonald · June 3, 1906 · St. Louis, Missouri, US
    DiedApril 12, 1975 (aged 68) · Paris, France
    Partner(s)Robert Brady · (1973–1975)
    Children12; Jean-Claude Baker presented himself as her foster son (contested by the Baker children)

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    The Black Pearl of Paris
    The Black Pearl of Paris
    From Rags to Riches to Resistance
    From Rags to Riches to Resistance
    Civil rights activism

    Although based in France, Baker supported the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s. When she arrived in New York with her husband Jo, they were refused reservations at 36 hotels because of racial discriminati… See more

    Personal life

    Baker's first marriage was to American Pullman porter Willie Wells when she was only 13 years old. The union was reportedly very unhappy, and the couple divorced soon after marrying. Another short-lived marriage fo… See more

    Later years and death

    In her later years Baker converted to Catholicism. In 1968, Baker lost her château owing to unpaid debts; afterwards Princess Grace offered her an apartment in Roquebrune, near Monaco.
    Baker was … See more

    Legacy

    "Place Joséphine Baker" () in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris was named in her honor. She has also been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and on March 29, 1995, into the Hall of Famous Missourians. … See more

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