![Josephine Baker adopted 12 children, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and became the first American woman buried in France with a 21-gun salute Josephine Baker adopted 12 children, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and became the first American woman buried in France with a 21-gun salute](http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/01/59-638x640.jpg)
Josephine Baker adopted 12 children, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and became the first American woman buried in France with a 21-gun salute
![Joséphine Baker's son: 'For us, her most obvious legacy is tolerance' | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition Joséphine Baker's son: 'For us, her most obvious legacy is tolerance' | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition](https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/utFdq02qeQmTOwg-vHiVy84v-bs=/414x0/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/URYKO2RWZ5DWFFSJSZP64CTEAA.jpg)
Joséphine Baker's son: 'For us, her most obvious legacy is tolerance' | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
![Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe: Before Madonna and Angelina Jolie, the expat dancer adopted 12 children from around the globe. Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe: Before Madonna and Angelina Jolie, the expat dancer adopted 12 children from around the globe.](https://compote.slate.com/images/71a1c3e6-f00e-4407-9029-e5c75bc4c7e5.jpg)
Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe: Before Madonna and Angelina Jolie, the expat dancer adopted 12 children from around the globe.
![Josephine Baker tried to combat racism by adopting 12 children of different ethnicities from around the world. She holds in her arms her 10th adopted child, a boy from Venezuela, as another Josephine Baker tried to combat racism by adopting 12 children of different ethnicities from around the world. She holds in her arms her 10th adopted child, a boy from Venezuela, as another](https://preview.redd.it/svur2o7ogkw41.jpg?auto=webp&s=254fd6af308b97d86a56ec942a52f12acb9251f0)