1917 – She survived in the riots in East St. Louis, Illinois.

1919 – Began dancing in vaudeville and on Broadway.

1925 – Went to Paris where, after the jazz revue La Revue Nègre failed, her comic ability and jazz dancing drew attention of the director of the Folies Bergère.

1951 – She was refused service at the famous Stork Club in New York City.

1963 – She spoke at the March on Washington at the side of Martin Luther King, jr.

1969 – Evicted from her chateau that was then auctioned off to pay debts.

1973 – Married an American, Robert Brady, and began her stage comeback.

1975 – Josephine Baker’s Carnegie Hall comeback performance was a success, as was her subsequent Paris performance.

1975 – She died 12th of April because of a cerebral hemorrhage.