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Josephine Baker

Singer / Dancer · American-French · 20th c.

American-born French singer and dancer (1906–1975). Becoming a world star as a Black dancer in 1920s Paris, she defined an era. She served as a French Resistance spy during World War II and was active in the US civil rights movement. Adopting 12 children from different countries as the "Rainbow Tribe" — one of the most extraordinary personal statements about racial equality.