Untitled Josephine Baker Project

Baker, a trailblazing Black entertainer and civil rights activist, became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture in 1927. The movie was “Siren of the Tropics.” 　　During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergere in Paris. One of her costumes, consisting of only a short skirt of artificial bananas ...