Paris unveils mural of Josephine Baker to honor her legacy

Along with her stage career, Baker marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington and spied on the Nazis for the French Resistance. In 1975, she passed away in Paris.

At the mural’s presentation on Saturday, her son Brian Baker told the Associated Press, “I feel moved and happy because this is part of a memory of my mother.” He was one of twelve adopted children from all over the world that Josephine Baker referred to as her rainbow tribe. Her son dubbed them a miniature United Nations.

The Paris Colors Ourq organization organized the mural of Baker, which is one of several painted in the neighborhood in recent days and is intended to represent freedom and resistance.

According to the artist FKDL, his main goal is to reintroduce women into the urban environment.

For me, Josephine Baker has always been a kind of iconic character from that time period. He claimed that in addition to being untamed and free-spirited, they also had a strong connection to dance, musicals, and music. She was a remarkable woman with tremendous character.

Baker became the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon, joining notable figures including writer Victor Hugo, chemist Marie Curie, and philosopher Voltaire.

Iconic, star, and celebrity are words that my mother would not have approved of. According to her son, she would have answered, “No, no, let’s keep it simple.”

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