There she introduced her “Danse Sauvage,” for French audiences. Performer Josephine Baker strikes a pose during her Ziegfeld Follies performance of “The Conga” on the Winter Garden Theater ...

It was the way she danced her ‘danse sauvage.’ You see a freedom on stage.” “Joséphine Baker, an extraordinary destiny” exhibit at Salle Saint-Martin in Souillac.

Baker’s Danse Sauvage—where she wore only a small skirt of bananas and a set of long pearl necklaces—became one of her most well-known acts.

In the 50 years since Josephine Baker's death, her unique artistry and life-long civil rights struggle has continued to inspire generations.

In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her opinions.

Josephine Baker, trailblazing performer and civil rights activist, published her memoir, 'Fearless and Free,' in 1949. Now, the book is being released in the United States for the first time on Feb 4.