Josephine Baker

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Josephine Baker: Superstar, War Hero and Activist

Ciaran Conliffe Sep 5, 2016 1

Josephine Baker was born in 1906 as Freda Josephine MacDonald in St Louis, Missouri. Her mother Carrie was a washerwoman and ex-vaudeville girl, her father was a drummer named Eddie Carson who ran off when Josephine was only a little girl.…

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