I believe in action. … I believe in doing rather than talking. All my life I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together … - Josephine Baker

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I believe in action. … I believe in doing rather than talking. All my life I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice. This is why I traveled all over the world to adopt 11 youngsters.

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About Josephine Baker

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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"...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty, the freedom to go where one chose if one was held back by one's color? No, I preferred the Eiffel Tower, which made no promises."
~ Josephine Baker, once she had seen the Eiffel Tower

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He was my cream, and I was his coffee -
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