King replied in November, telling Baker: "We were all inspired by your presence at the March on Washington. I am deeply moved by the fact that you would fly such a long distance to participate in ...

A century before Beyoncé, Josephine Baker became America’s first global pop star. She broke barriers, built a brand, and ...

Notably, the speeches at the March on Washington included only one woman, Josephine Baker, the great singer who came over from her exile in France, where she'd been a member of the resistance.

That majestic speech has resounded through history, a history that has largely forgotten Josephine Baker, who was the only woman to speak at the March on Washington. In his new book ...

In 1963 she spoke to the crowds gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington. ... Josephine Baker performs for troops at the Hotel Moderne in Paris, ...

Josephine Baker speaking at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C, in 1963. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ...

Josephine Baker becomes the first Black woman inducted into France’s Panthéon. Updated November 30, 2021 More than ... And in 1963, at 57, she spoke at the March on Washington.

Legendary Jazz Age performer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker made history today as the first Black woman to enter France’s ... She was a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, ...

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which brought roughly two hundred and fifty thousand men, women, and children, mostly African-American, to the ...