Josephine Baker: References & Edit History
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Among works that explore Baker’s life are Lynn Haney, Naked at the Feast: The Biography of Josephine Baker (1981); Phyllis Rose, Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time (1989, reissued 1999); Jean-Claude Baker and Chris Chase, Josephine: The Hungry Heart (1993); Paul Colin, Josephine Baker and La Revue Nègre: Paul Colin’s Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927 (1998); Ean Wood, The Josephine Baker Story (2000); and Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Josephine Baker in Art and Life (2007).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Berlin Museum - Josephine Baker. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Historical Society of Ottawa - Josephine Baker. | May 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - From the Danse Sauvage to WW2 spy: the remarkable story of Josephine Baker. | Dec 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Berlin Museum - Josephine Baker. | Nov 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Liverpool - Josephine Baker. | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemins de mémoire - Josephine Baker. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - The legacy of Josephine Baker. | Mar 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - You're Dead to Me - Josephine Baker. | Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Josephine Baker and the Freedom of Black Artistic Expression. | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Josephine Baker, music hall star and civil rights activist, enters Panth?on. | Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic Missourians - Josephine Baker. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CIA - Josephine Baker: From Poverty to Stardom to Espionage. | May 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Josephine Baker: The life of an artist and activist. | Jan 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Josephine Baker is inducted into the French Pantheon. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Culture - Josephine Baker: From exotic dancer to activist. | Aug 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Josephine Baker. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Research Guides - Joséphine Baker. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Josephine Baker. | Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of African American History and Culture - Josephine Baker (1906�1975) was an American dancer, singer, actress, and civil rights activist who found fame as an expatriate in Europe. | Jul 05, 2021 | ||
| Article updated and revised. | Jan 06, 2021 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Great Black Heroes - Biography of Joe Louis. | Oct 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Great Black Heroes - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Oct 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Oct 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Sep 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Sep 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Red Hot Jazz Archive - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Oct 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackHistoryNow - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Oct 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Oct 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Aug 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Josephine Baker. | Aug 26, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 10, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Josephine Baker. | Apr 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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