A century before Beyoncé, Josephine Baker became America’s first global pop star. She broke barriers, built a brand, and ...

Josephine Baker, one of the most fascinating figures of French 20th-century history, is finally being interred at the Panthéon, after an announcement by President Emmanuel Macron in August.

Last November, Baker was inducted into the French Panthéon, the first woman of color to grace the hallowed monument, among such figures as Victor Hugo and Marie Curie. “Stereotypes, Joséphine ...

Rare archives resolve the puzzle of Josephine Baker's fascinating 50-year-long career. ... For many African-Americans, when she crossed the color line, she didn't cross back.

Josephine Baker worked as a spy for the resistance, with state secrets neatly hidden in her bra. Performer Josephine Baker was one of the world's most famous women — and an invaluable WWII ...

“Josephine Baker was known as the Black Venus,” Williams said on the red carpet, explaining that she was trying to channel the dancer’s “elegance. ...

Josephine Baker arrived in Paris from the slums of St. Louis in 1925 and rose to stardom playing a stereotype of an African “primitive” in “La revue nègre,” a musical act featuring an all ...

Did Le Corbusier Fall in Love With Josephine Baker on a Cruise Ship? ... with polychromatic surfaces that introduced color into his until-then largely whitewashed oeuvre.