The Many Faces of Josephine Baker : : Dancer, Singer, Activist, spy
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Her own journey -- Show business review -- Joséphine charms Paris -- La folie du jour -- Two loves -- Storms of life -- Joséphine's challenges -- Let my people go -- In my village -- Joséphine and Jo split -- Losing Les Milandes -- The curtain falls.
Author Peggy Caravantes follows Josephine Baker's life from her childhood in the depths of poverty to her comedic rise in vaudeville and fame in Europe. This biography also covers her outspoken participation in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, espionage work for the French Resistance during World War II, and adoption of 12 children--her "rainbow tribe".
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781613730348
1613730349
SUBJECTS
Baker, Josephine, -- 1906-1975.
Dancers -- France -- Biography.
African American entertainers.
Spies -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.