Josephine Baker made a name for herself by sashaying her way onto a Paris stage during the 1920s with a comic, yet the sensual appeal that took Europe by storm. Famous for barely there dresses and no holds barred dance routines, her exotic beauty generated nicknames black Venus, even Black pearl and Creole Goddess. This Black pearl maintained her talents, energetic performances, and celebrity status for 50 years until her death in 1975. Unfortunately, the racism in the United States prevented her from having the acceptance from Americans in this great country until 1973.
             Josephine Baker born Josephine Carson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906 to a washer women Carries McDonald and a Vaudeville drummer Eddie Carson, which he abandoned them shortly afterward, and Carrie married a kind but perpetually unemployed man named Arthur Martin. Their family eventually later been blessed with a son and two more daughters.
             Josephine living the hard life growing up worked in night clubs and even took the job of working for wealthy white families who always told her to "be sure not to kiss the baby". Ms. Baker at the young age of 13 began waiting tables at The Old Chauffeur's Club where she met and had a quite brief marriage with Willie wells. She was married and divorced three more times, to the American Willie Baker in '21-whose last name she kept, Frenchman Jean Lion in '37-from whom she attained French Citizenship, and French orchestra leader Jo Bouillon in '47- who helped to raise her 12 adopted children. The 12 Children also known as the Rainbow Tribe showed how children of different races could still be brothers.
             Josephine's' career began when she toured the United States with The Jones Family Band and The Dixie Steppers in 1919, with the drew she was performing various comical skirts. Josephine enjoyed the success, until she traveled to Paris for a
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