Josephine Baker /tags/josephine-baker Josephine Baker en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT Singer Laka brings more than one ‘St. Louis Woman’ to life in new show /arts/2022-10-05/singer-laka-brings-more-than-one-st-louis-woman-to-life-in-new-show St. Louis vocalist Laka stars in a show about the history of groundbreaking female artists who emerged from St. Louis, including Willie Mae Ford Smith, Josephine Baker and Tina Turner. Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT /arts/2022-10-05/singer-laka-brings-more-than-one-st-louis-woman-to-life-in-new-show Jeremy D. Goodwin St. Louisan Josephine Baker to be inducted into the Panthéon /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-24/monday-st-louisan-josephine-baker-to-be-inducted-into-the-pantheon Historian Lois Conley of the Griot Museum of Black History discussed the life and legacy of St. Louis-born entertainer Josephine Baker on Monday's "St. Louis on the Air." Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:10:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-24/monday-st-louisan-josephine-baker-to-be-inducted-into-the-pantheon Alex Heuer Readers Meet A Celebrity, Activist, Mother, Spy In 'Josephine Baker's Last Dance' /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-06-05/readers-meet-a-celebrity-activist-mother-spy-in-josephine-bakers-last-dance Before she became a celebrity, a war hero and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker was a girl growing up in early 20th-century St. Louis. Historical… Wed, 05 Jun 2019 19:33:15 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-06-05/readers-meet-a-celebrity-activist-mother-spy-in-josephine-bakers-last-dance Evie Hemphill ‘An impossible human being’: St. Louis native Josephine Baker and her quest for a racial utopia /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-19/an-impossible-human-being-st-louis-native-josephine-baker-and-her-quest-for-a-racial-utopia Josephine Baker is remembered for being many different things over the course of her remarkable life – a burlesque performer, a film actress, an activist,… Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:46:18 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-19/an-impossible-human-being-st-louis-native-josephine-baker-and-her-quest-for-a-racial-utopia Evie Hemphill Take Five: Gail Milissa Grant, award-winning author, talks of her father, St. Louis /arts/2009-06-02/take-five-gail-milissa-grant-award-winning-author-talks-of-her-father-st-louis This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 2, 2009 - Gail Milissa Grant barely realized she had won."All I heard was, 'At the'," she said,… Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:05 GMT /arts/2009-06-02/take-five-gail-milissa-grant-award-winning-author-talks-of-her-father-st-louis Christian Losciale Josephine Baker honored with stamp /arts/2008-07-15/josephine-baker-honored-with-stamp This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: July 15, 2008 - On July 2 1917, 11-year-old Freda Josephine McDonald witnessed the horrors of the… Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:07:08 GMT /arts/2008-07-15/josephine-baker-honored-with-stamp Joy Resmovits Racial memory: Clear as black and white /government-politics-issues/2008-06-27/racial-memory-clear-as-black-and-white This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: June 27, 2008 - In the past four years, since I began work on my new book on the terrible 1917 East… Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 GMT /government-politics-issues/2008-06-27/racial-memory-clear-as-black-and-white Harper Barnes Excerpt: Fires force blacks to flee during East St. Louis race riot of 1917 /government-politics-issues/2008-06-27/excerpt-fires-force-blacks-to-flee-during-east-st-louis-race-riot-of-1917 This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: June 27, 2008 - Note from the author:July 2, 2008, is the 91st anniversary of the East St. Louis race… Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 GMT /government-politics-issues/2008-06-27/excerpt-fires-force-blacks-to-flee-during-east-st-louis-race-riot-of-1917 Harper Barnes