https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of African American culture. en-us 2022-05-10 14:55:56 UTC 2022-05-13 13:53:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2177778412 Josephine Baker was born 1906, June 6th. Josephine's real name is Freda Josephine McDonald. Josephine was born in St.Louis a city in Missouri. ]]> 2022-05-10 15:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2177778412 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179459485 Between the ages of 8 and 10 she was out of school, helping to support her family. As an adolescent she became a dancer, touring at age 16 with a dance troupe from Philadelphia. In 1923 she joined the chorus in a road company and then moved to New York City.]]> 2022-05-11 13:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179459485 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179468558 Josephine Baker was married four times, the first time at the age of 13. She took her name from her second husband and received her French citizenship and her last name Baker from her third husband. When she married her fourth husband she decided to keep her last name "baker"]]> 2022-05-11 13:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179468558 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179484638 Almost 30 years after her first successful performance on the Paris stage Josephine baker and her husband Joe billion adopted 12 children from all around the world and she called them the rainbow tribe which symbolizes all different types of skin colors, nationalities and religions all over the world ]]> 2022-05-11 14:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179484638 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179492348 At 19 and believing that she had accomplished all that she could in the United States as a dancer in 1925 Josephine Baker perform for her first time in France at La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. She boycotted segregated clubs and concert venues, arguing that if African-Americans could not attend her shows, she would not perform]]> 2022-05-11 14:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179492348 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179503231 The American dancer and singer who became one of France's great music‐hall stars, died April 12 1975 in the Salpetriere Hospital. She was 68 years old and suffered a stroke Thursday, four days after opening a new revue celebrating her 50 years as an entertainer]]> 2022-05-11 14:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179503231 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179513219 In 1919 Josephine Baker joins the Jones Band Stage at the Booker T Washington theater in Saint Louis. Josephine Baker also married her first husband William Wiles at age 13 and later that same year 1919 she divorced him ]]> 2022-05-11 14:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179513219 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179522873 Josephine Baker spoke at the march on Washington DC. She was actually the only official female speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr ]]> 2022-05-11 14:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179522873 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179560408 In 1951 the NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) named May 20th. Josephine Baker Day. Josephine Baker also took the title of the NAACP women of the year in 1963 following her speech she gave in the Martin Luther King Jr march in Washington DC. ]]> 2022-05-11 14:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179560408 2170106 https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179576878 Not only was Josephine a dancer but she was also a songwriter and her most famous song came out in 1931 and it was called "J'ai deux amours" meaning I have two loves which is very funny because Abatino was not only Baker's management, but her lover as well. The two could not marry because Baker was still married to her second husband, Willie Baker. ]]> 2022-05-11 14:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2170106/vr7dpn8ybfcq3lxl/wish/2179576878