Josephine Baker Day!
In 1951 the NAACP named May 20th Josephine Baker Day to honor her efforts to fight racism. Along with being an amazing and sensational performer, she also adopted many children from around the world, forming a family she called her "Rainbow Tribe." She also lived in a castle, by the way, called Chateau des Milandes.
I urge you all to look her up, be inspired by her, watch her films, and know that if you catch me on Saturday night you shall see me in my second of a series of costume homages to the great Josephine. (pictures coming soon...)
Lady Baker once said, “The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”
On Saturday, May 22nd Miss C. Spot could be found at Shanghai Mermaid as Josephine Baker in her "savage princess" costume... Beaded and sparkling!
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