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Josephine Baker: Image and Icon URL: http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/baker/slideshow/slideshow.html Description: "In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Baker’s birth [in 1906], the exhibition explores the development of her image, first as an exotic phenomenon in a mid-1920s Paris that was infatuated with African-American culture, then as a glamorous cabaret star and finally as a Civil Rights advocate." This slideshow features images of Baker accompanied by audio of the "Jubilee Stomp" by Duke Ellington. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. LII Topics: Biography (Individuals), Black Resources, Notable People: Women, Women Publisher: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution LII Database Information: Record 23430 created by Maria Brandt on 02/27/2007 Last modification on 03/05/2007 Published: 03/07/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23430 |
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