Blac HERstory: The Queen of Jazz Age Paris

[jettakd]

February 18, 2012 by T Denean Sharpley-Whiting

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[tabaqui]

Okay, where's the billion-dollar blockbuster movie about HER??

[ragnor144]

Bricktop counseled Josephine Baker in her early days in Paris, teaching her to read and write, and offered refuge to a homesick Ethel Waters who, tired of croissants and beurre blanc, desperately wanted a place to cook collared greens.

This just makes me so happy! What an awesome woman! I feel a little cheesy using exclamation marks, but they are appropriate.