イマン・アブドゥルマジドのインスタグラム(the_real_iman) - 2月7日 08時00分

Black History Month: ‪Josephine Baker‬

World Citizen ‪Josephine Baker was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent.‬ A renowned dancer and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of France.
Her performance in the revue "Un vent de folie” in 1927 caused sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of artificial bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920’s
which she famously said “I wasn’t really naked. I simply didn’t have clothes on.” She was also the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, in 1927 silent film “Siren of the Tropics” directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Etievant.
Baker refused to perform for segregated audience in the United States which usually forced club owners to integrate for her shows. Her opposition against segragation and discrimination was recognized by NAACP
and she was one of the few women allowed to speak at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
She gave a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall for the NAACP, the SNCC and CORE in 1963.
For her work with aiding the French Resistance during World War II she was awarded the "Croix de guerre" by the French military and was named a "Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur” by General Charles de Gaulle.

Madame Baker we salute you.
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