For donate https://www.paypal.me/womanandtime Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was an American and French dancer, actress, singer, political activist and French Resistance agent during the Second World War.
She conquered Europe and shocked the United States with her dance in the 20s of the last century.
Josephine Baker continued to sing and dance until 1975 and died, as they say, from happiness, when her last show was successful.
On her last evening she danced on the table and sang: I am sixteen again, I am sixteen again!

Young Josephine danced almost naked. Her dance moves were provocative, free, not like nothing seen by the public earlier.
She combined the movements of Charleston with something primitive, simple and energetic.
She came up with what is today called hip hop, break dance, pop dance, sports dance ... All of this is Josephine.
When you dance something like that, remember her.

Her famous banana dance in a banana skirt has become one of the cultural codes of that era and is still being copied by the stars of show business and fashion designers.

Josephine was of mixed blood: African American by mother and Jewish by father (according to one of the versions).

Josephine was an active fighter against racial inequality, so her appearance in America was almost always a confrontation with public opinion.
In one of theaters she, the world star, was forced to enter through the doors for black ones.

All this changed society a little. Josephine knew what public opinion is and how it should be influenced.

Josephine was married many times - she first married when she was 13 years old. In the last marriage she adopted 12 children.
Her children were of different colors of skin, of different races, of different religions. She called her adoption Project Rainbow.

In 1963, Josephine Baker spoke at the March on Washington at the side of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Josephine and her children lived in a real French castle, which she lost due to debts.
Caught on the brink of poverty, she and her children, at the invitation of Grace Kelly, moved to Monaco.
To pay off debts, Josephine continued to perform. Her last show at the French Theater Bobino was very successful.

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