Josephine Baker

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July 21, 2025
A new mural in northeast Paris honors Josephine Baker’s legacy as a performer, civil rights activist, and WWII spy.
Doja Cat, Paris Couture Week, Paris Fashion Week, theGrio Style Guide theGrio.com
January 28, 2023
In this week’s style guide, we marvel at Doja Cat in Paris, Telfar wallets sell out in minutes, the City…
November 3, 2022
A biopic on the life of the late American singer, dancer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker is on the…
December 7, 2021
Female entrepreneurs Whitney Beatty and Ebony Andersen opened Josephine and Billie's, a cannabis retail store in Los Angeles.
December 6, 2021
Josephine and Billie's offers women of color a welcoming environment to learn about the therapeutic advantages of cannabis.
November 28, 2021
France on Tuesday will induct cabaret dancer Josephine Baker into its Pantheon, the first Black woman recognized among its many…
September 14, 2021
Biles' sparkling AREA x Athleta look, held by men in tuxedos, was designed by Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk of…
August 22, 2021
Josephine Baker's remains will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first Black woman with…
Josephine Baker x Chez Josephine
May 14, 2021
Chez Josephine was a piece of Josephine Baker's legacy that is not widely known, but for which a quiet war…
Toni Morrison thegrio.com
March 26, 2021
It is Women's History Month and these 10 documentaries about impactful Black women are some to watch beyond the month…
Paula Patton
December 19, 2019
Actress Paula Patton will produce and star in a biopic movie about the legendary entertainer Josephine Baker.
August 22, 2015
REPORT - Deborah Cox has left the life of the pop singer behind for some time now and has instead…
September 17, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - As I finally returned to the City of Lights, I began to understand why black Americans have…
June 3, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The life story of Josephine Baker is coming to Broadway in _Josephine_ starring Deborah Cox...