Paris is celebrating Josephine Baker with a new mural honoring her legacy. The artwork was unveiled Saturday in northeast ...

A bright mural of Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age entertainer and civil rights activist, now peers over Paris, the city she made her home. The mural comes from urban artist Franck Duval, known as FKDL, ...

Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, a street ...

Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural.

Entertainer Josephine Baker holds a rhinestone-studded microphone as she performs during her show “Paris, mes Amours” at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris, on May 27, 1957.

American-born entertainer Josephine Baker will become the first black woman to be inducted into Paris’ Panthéon memorials for icons of France. Baker, who died in 1975 at 68, was born Freda ...

In Josephine Baker's iconic song, "J'ai Deux Amours," the legendary entertainer describes having two loves, "my country and Paris." Forty-six years after her death, the French capital is giving ...

Josephine Baker died in Paris of a stroke in 1975. Crowds poured into the streets as she was buried with full military honors – a salute to her life and her legacy.

In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the stage and screen performer thought it was a hilarious prospect, until she ...

Serge KadocheMontclair native Nicolle Rochelle, center, starred in the Parisian production of "Looking for Josephine," which has its American premiere tomorrow night in her hometown. After ...

Images of Josephine Baker are projected on the facade of the Panthéon during her induction ceremony on Nov. 30 in Paris. (Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images) Analysis by Annette Joseph-Gabriel.

Josephine Baker (played by Tymisha Harris in "Josephine") was well-known as a burlesque performer. What wasn't readily known: She was also a spy.