You know about the banana skirt, but Josephine Baker contained multitudes. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re taking a look at the life and loves of Josephine Baker. She went from living in a cardboard box on the streets of St. Louis to commanding the stage in Paris before spying for the French Resistance in World War II and integrating night clubs across America. Black girls are magic and Josephine Baker was truly enchanting.

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Non-fiction

Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/742773.Josephine_Baker

Josephine Baker by The Dead Ladies Show Podcast - https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/04/18/podcast-22-josephine-baker/

Fiction

Josephine Baker’s Last Dance by Sherry Jones - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532099

Film

The Josephine Baker Story (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN8TBm4IOTI

Bonus Materials

Josephine dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmw5eGh888Y

Josephine singing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lLly_oHvSo

Josephine interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTG2zrvgkZ0

Why Won’t Society Let Black Girls Be Children? - https://parenting.nytimes.com/preschooler/adultification-black-girls

Lena Horne: Hollywood’s First Black Glamour Girl - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/5/4/lena-horne-hollywoods-first-african-american-glamour-girl