Editor's note: The following is next in a series for Black History Month presented by Sheboygan Area Black-American Community Outreach. As a resounding theme for 2024 and to commemorate the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Solange Knowles to Josephine Baker, Black women have been breaking the mold in the field of dance for generations. Over the ...

Josephina Baker, AKA “La Baker,” was a notorious black performer who left the United States because of oppressive segregation. Claiming France as her new Motherland, Baker performed her signature ...

I had always associated Josephine Baker with Isadora Duncan. Both were US-born dancers who left their country of birth for the charms of Paris. They were also both celebrated for their stage attire – ...

The story of the iconic Josephine Baker comes to life at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater March 20-23 with Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play. Following the success of The Other Mozart, ...

It’s hard to sum up the iconic stature, trailblazing art and activism, and historical importance of Josephine Baker with mere words (feel free to scan the lyrics of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” ...

The amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French Resistance, and ...