Nyberg: Author shares secret life of silent film star
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — American-born French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker was the first black woman to start in a major silent film in 1927, but her career was far from silent.
Ann Nyberg spoke with author Hanna Diamond about Baker's unknown resistance during WWII in her new book 'Josephine Baker's Secret War.'
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