Josephine Baker: a woman who escaped poverty, danced her way to fame, became the most famous woman in Paris, and then, plot twist, served as a spy for the French Resistance during World War II.

And when the war ended, she didn’t slow down, she took that same power into the fight for civil rights, refusing to play by America’s rules.

A story that sounds like fiction, but Josephine Baker did all of that, and more.

Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo

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Sources: New Yorker, https://glreview.org/article/article-959/, PBS , CIA.gov, Vogue, Ebony, Biography.com, Harpers Bazaar , Wikipedia

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