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[–] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Big big big fan of Josephine Baker.

For those who don't know, she was a woman of color who fled the US right before WW2 and moved to France, where she flourished as a burlesque dancer. After Hitler rose to power and invaded northern France, she used her stardom to become a spy for the allied forces and to secretly help escaping refugees. Fantastic force of nature and an absolute icon.

Unfortunately, to no one's surprise, the US remained hostile towards her

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