death. Her lavish funeral was attended by more than 20,000 mourners at the church of the Madeleine in Paris. The service was broadcast on French national television.Josephine Baker can be given many titles - jazz innovator, civil rights activist, World War II hero, and star - but her most prized title was, probably, that of “loving mother.” Baker’s dream of a world filled with brotherhood was realized with her greatest achievement: her “Rainbow Tribe.” Josephine Baker once said: “Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”# I certainly hope I am alive to experience this wonderful world born from the imagination and initiative of Josephine Baker.BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS:“Baker, Josephine,” Current Biography Yearbook, 1964: 19 - 21. ARTICLES:Lamb, D., “Having Our Way: What Is It Really?” Aesthetic Realism Foundation 9/3/98: 2WEBSITES:http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=12499 http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/quote.html http://www.gis.net/~dlamb/Josephine_Baker.htmlhttp://www. npg.si.edu/exu/noir/broch3.htmhttp://windows.../artistinfo.asp?name=Josephine%20Baker&p_id=p%20%20%20%20%20308...
