Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalized French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, freemason[1] and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who variously dubbed her the "Black Venus", the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". She was known for aiding the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Croix de guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle. www.instagram.com/karine_alourde/ (Feminine IG page) instagram.com/alourde_friendship_circle?igshid=qtj22svyf3xd mobile.twitter.com/AlourdeKarine email me for business inquiries only: karinealourde@gmail.com Ways you can support this little channel: Cashapp: $karinealourde paypal.me/karinealourde Join this channel to get access to perks: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsWGsz2vd1oUW8yXgcwUchQ/join en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker

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