Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker
Josephine Bakerwas an American-born French dancer, jazz and pop music singer, and actress, who came to be known in various circles as the "Black Pearl," "Bronze Venus" "Jazz Cleopatra", and even the "Creole Goddess". Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker became a citizen of France in 1937. She was fluent in both English and French...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth3 June 1906
CountryFrance
love heart long
The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.
war army equality
We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler?
music sky earth
Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.
powerful school gun
You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.
country children home
When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.
ends breathless dies
I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.
dream wake-up realising
To realise our dreams we must decide to wake up.
courage thinking two
I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.
mean equality men
Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.
education brotherhood natural
We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.
happiness success perseverance
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.
burned earth eyes mine seemed sky teeth time touch
I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.
burned earth eyes mine seemed sky teeth time touch
. . . I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.