I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the ‘Folies Bergere.’ Josephine Baker Read Quote
My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose… Africa… but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race… in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world. Josephine Baker Read Quote
Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear… humiliation… misery and terror… A city where in the eyes of the white man a Negro should know his place and had better stay in it. Josephine Baker Read Quote
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot. Josephine Baker Read Quote
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling… How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do? Josephine Baker Read Quote
I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one’s very soul and body. Josephine Baker Read Quote
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too. Josephine Baker Read Quote
I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. Josephine Baker Read Quote
God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers. Josephine Baker Read Quote
