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August 28, 1963 - Josephine Baker attended the 1963 March on Washington. She wore her WWII Free French uniform. pic.twitter.com/qAh2M2x4lJ
— Flashbak.com (@aflashbak) August 28, 2021

Baker's medals, worn here:
Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre (39-45), Résistance medal, Free French voluntary service medal, and the commemorative 39-45 medal.

(And some fantastic specs.) https://t.co/dsWeNVT3fe
— Laura O'Brien (@lrbobrien) January 19, 2021

📸: Josephine Baker and Lena Horne at the March on Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. pic.twitter.com/vIUk9tGZB7
— Black Women Radicals (@blkwomenradical) December 9, 2019

At the 1963 March on Washington, Baker was one of the featured speakers shortly before MLK:

You know, friends, that I do not lie to you when I tell you I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

by Bernard (bernard) on Mon Aug 30th, 2021 at 06:05:51 PM EST