the magnificent josephine baker
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The Agenda
• Heritage & Family History
• St. Louis,to Vaudeville to Paris
• Nightclub Opening& Her Unique Style
• WW2 Heroine & Wife
• The Universal Mother
• Princess Grace theFriend & Savior
• Two Loves, My Country& Paris
• Service Honors & Films
• Triumphant “Joséphine”
• Her Passing
Baker goes to ParisVaudeville Past
To the City of LightsFavorite Muse
Presented by: Ryan
Georges Simenon his wife, Tigy, and Joséphine Baker, in 1927
KEES VAN DONGEN (French, b. Netherlands, 1877-1968) Joséphine Baker au Bal Nègre
1925
The End
“Surely the day will comewhen color means nothingmore than the skin tone,when religion is seenuniquely as a way to speakone’s soul; when birthplaces have the weight of athrow of the dice and allmen are born free, whenunderstanding breeds loveand brotherhood.”
Josephine Baker
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