To create Eartha Kitt's signature crop of curls, Hameed says the goal was to keep the look sleek, timeless, and sultry. "It ...

Paris is celebrating Josephine Baker with a new mural honoring her legacy. The artwork was unveiled Saturday in northeast ...

The colorful street art, which features a quote from one of her songs, honors the iconic singer, dancer and civil rights ...

Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, a street ...

Legendary Black entertainer Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black woman to have her remains buried in the Panthéon monument in Paris – one of the highest honors in France.

Entertainer Josephine Baker holds a rhinestone-studded microphone as she performs during her show “Paris, mes Amours” at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris, on May 27, 1957.

Missouri-born cabaret singer and dancer Josephine Baker is surrounded by army officers during a ceremony in which she was awarded the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm on Aug. 19 ...

Baker, who died in 1975 at 68, was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, but made a name for herself on the stage and screen — while doubling as an agent of the French Resistance during ...

In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the stage and screen performer thought it was a hilarious prospect, until she ...

Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural.

On Nov. 30, the American-born singer, actress and French Resistance heroine Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to be inducted into the Panthéon in Paris.

Baker also was portrayed by Diana Ross on Broadway and television in An Evening With Diana Ross, by Karine Plantadit; in the biopic Frida and by Cush Jumbo in her debut play Josephine and I.