Josephine Baker: Eine Ikone, die für Freiheit & Menschenwürde kämpfte. 
Ihr Leben, von Bananenröcken bis zum Widerstand im 2. Weltkrieg, wird 50 Jahre nach ihrem Tod geehrt. Eine Inspiration! 
#JosephineBaker #SRF #Geschichte #newz
#JosephineBaker Marcel Sauvage
#Tanzen #Singen #Freiheit
#Memoiren
#translation "Tanzen, Singen, Freiheit"
Reclam Verlag, Stuttgart 2025
ISBN 9783150115220
#dance #singing #freedom #performance #books
281 Seiten, 26,00 EUR
' “In #France,” Diamond said, “she is mainly known as a music-hall star, and in the US as a civil rights activist.” A whole chapter – the spying missions, the concerts that raised large sums for the #resistance, her subsequent uniformed service in the French air force – was far less familiar.'
on #HannaDiamond's #JosephineBakersSecretWar
#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #histFr #résistantes #FranceLibre #FreeFrench #DeuxièmeBureau #livres #books @histodons @bookstodon
50 years ago Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald) died in #Paris #france
She was an #artist, #singer, #dancer, #actress, and a #fighter for #freedom
During #WW2 she fought against #facism as part of the #resistance and always fought against #racism
She was an #independent #woman that resisted inequality of her time
Her life was not easy, she did not inherit fortunes she could build on
She did it herself
Let's borrow some of her courage & build a society she'd liked
#OnThisDay in 1975, #JosephineBaker, American-French song and dance revue artist (Folies-Bergere), actress, and #civilrightsactivist, died of a #cerebralhemorrhage at 68. 
#RIP
#OTD, 50 years ago, the world lost the fabulous, audacious and smart #JosephineBaker.
Instead of some sexy banana dance picture, here she is doing some gardening in her Paris home.
Edit: Error correction (I believed the paper newspaper from today, but just learned better on the internet) - she did not die on the 8th of April, but on the 12th.
#BlackHistoryMonth – Daily audio features
Posted February 6, 2024 by 'mpger
"#WMPG honors and celebrates Black History Month, You will hear stories about many different people from the Black community. From musicians to writers and actors, you’ll enjoy hearing a bit more about these well known and interesting people. A Tribe Called Quest, #EarthaKitt, #bellhooks, #JosephineBaker, Lewis Latimer, #BobTheDragQueen, Shirley Chisholm, Duke Ellington, #LeslieOdomJr., Angela Davis, #LeadBelly, #RobertLewis, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AudraMcDonald, #ClaudetteColvin, #JohnBrownRusswurm, Leonard Cummings, and Macon Bolling Allen."
Link to embedded audio:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-daily-audio-features/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #WMPGFM #CommunityRadio
#BlackHistoryMonth - daily short history audio features
Posted February 7, 2022 by 'mpger
"Everyday in the month of February #WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams.
You can hear them all again right here:
Billie Holiday, Leonard Cummings, Macon Bolling Allen, Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Shirley Chisholm, Marsha P. Johnson, Gordon Parks, Jackie Robinson, #MaryMcleodBethune, #JosephineBaker, #GeraldTalbot, #DukeEllington, #NinaSimone, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLorde, #SojournerTruth, Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisolm, Tarana Burke, #ScottJoplin, Angela Davis, #EmmittTill, #BarackObama, #ClaudetteColvin, #RubyBridges, Cornel West, #AliciaGarza #PatrisseCullors and #OpalTometi"
Link to mp3 audio files:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-audio-history-stories/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #CommunityRadio #WMPGFM
[Thread] So, it took having to do a search on the website, but I managed to find the #BlackHistoryMonth audio archives on the #WMPG website. Hopefully, the ones from 2025 will also be posted on their website (and the ones already posted won't disappear...).
Black History month - daily short history audio features
Posted February 3, 2021 by 'mpger
"Everyday in the month of February (Black history month), WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams. You can hear them all again right here: #BillieHoliday , #LeonardCummings , #MaconBollingAllen , #HarrietTubman , #NelsonMandela , #ShirleyChisholm , #MarshaPJohnson , #GordonParks , #JackieRobinson, #AngelaDavis , #ThurgoodMarshall , #StevieWonder , #Lizzo , #CornellWest , #TrevorNoah , #MaeJemison , #TaranaBurke , #AlvinAiley , #JosephineBaker, #RhiannonGiddens, #SunRa, and #LaverneCox."
Link to mp3 audio files:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-daily-short-history-audio-features/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #CommunityRadio #WMPGFM
#OnThisDay in 2021, #JosephineBaker will be the first black woman to be interred in the Panthéon in Paris, according to the French government.
Musical Interlude: Let's honor another Black artiste...Josephine Baker! Here's a song from her French cabaret days...
"Aux Iles Hawaii," performed by Josephine Baker.
118 years ago, Josephine Baker, American-French song and dance revue artist (Folies-Bergere), actress, and civil rights activist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)
#OTD #JosephineBaker
I always admired Josephine Baker, first because of her beauty and style, later (when I learned more about her), for her smartness, bravery and activism.
What an inspirational person.
I'll be back to Berlin soon, and am surely going to visit the exhibition.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
