
Entertainer and St. Louis native Josephine Baker to be inducted into the Panthéon
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What Did She Say at the March on Washington?
She didn't perform in saint louis after she became such a big star, until 19 50, too. That's when she performed at the keel opera house, which is now stefle. So she had a huge audience of people there by that time who were willing to hear her and see her and accept her. And she became known as a real civil rights crusader. She worked with very closely with doctor kings a group, and i think they were pleased to have her, her stand before them and with them on an equal footing.
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