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| Baker, Josephine | | Overcoming the limitations imposed by the color of her skin, Josephine Baker became one of the world's most versatile entertainers, performing on stage, screeen and recordings. Josephine was decorated for her undercover work for the French Resistance during World War II and later worked as a civil rights activist. Her performance in the Folies Bergere in Paris, France, is considered to represent the epitome of the flamboyance of the Jazz Age. She also refused to perform for segregated audiences and integrated the Las Vegas nightclubs. During the course of her life, she adopted twelve children from around the world whom she called her "Rainbow Tribe." She passed away in 1975.
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