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Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening

Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening

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JOSEPHINE BAKER: THE STORY OF AN AWAKENING details the amazing story of the first black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French Resistance, created her dream family 'The Rainbow Tribe,' adopting twelve children from four corners of the world, and ultimately became a Civil Rights activist.

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