ST. LOUIS — "We're proud to announce that the world's largest privately held collection of Josephine Baker artifacts is coming into the collection at the Missouri Historical Society," Peter Kastor, ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 29, 1959. It is republished unedited in its original form, with the children’s nations of origin as Baker identified them at ...

ST. LOUIS – It was announced Wednesday that memorabilia of the world-renowned and St. Louis native Josephine Baker will be preserved right in her home city. According to officials, collections of ...

Alice Fennelly grew up in Loveland, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains and bronze sculptures. Now, living in a suburb of Paris, she was inspired by the life story of Joséphine Baker — a woman filled ...

A private collection of Josephine Baker memorabilia is going to the Missouri Historical Society, thanks to a charitable bequest by philanthropist Mary Strauss announced Aug. 13, 2025. Baker, born ...

PARIS (AP) — Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris. The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France ...

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025. Pp. xvii, 326. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN: 0300279981 A Well Researched and Impressive Biography This study of the wartime role of the ...

Designed by French architect Louis Gilbert in the 1890s, the 12-bedroom villa—dubbed Le Beau Chêne—features elaborate Louis XIII-style stone and brickwork with turrets, Juliet balconies, and a ...

At the age of 81, celebrated Senegalese dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, returns to the stage in Paris this week. Her show at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées pays tribute to legendary ...

*Deborah Cox is set to star as Josephine Baker in a Broadway musical, which is inspired by Stephen Papich’s book “Remembering Josephine.” According to a press release, the musical “will revolve around ...