"...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 fr… - Josephine Baker

"...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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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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