You must get an education. You must go to school, and you m… - Josephine Baker

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You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.

Josephine Baker

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Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent and civil rights activist.

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Birth Name: Freda Josephine McDonald

Alternative Names: Freda Josephine Baker • Joséphine Baker

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