15 Josephine Baker Quotes for You to Enjoy

Josephine Baker

French Dancer

Born: Jun 3, 1906

Died: Apr 12, 1975

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Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul, when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood. Josephine Baker

Love Day Religion Soul Speak Will Men Free Seen Understanding Nothing Skin Birth Way Brotherhood Born More Color Throw Weight Come Surely Dice Than Places Breeds Means Uniquely Tone

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. Josephine Baker

Me Walk Coffee Made Presidents Mad Kings More Could Hotel Houses Queens Cup Walked America Get Much Palaces

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. Josephine Baker

Freedom Democracy Equality Cruelty France Those Fraternity True True Freedom Get Wanted Land Far Far Away Then Who Believed Away

Americans, the eyes of the world are upon you. 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

Democracy You Respect Eyes Yourself World Treat Preaching Believe Brothers Colored How Expect American Your

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

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes. Josephine Baker

Beautiful Good Rest Luck Born Question Yes Legs Amusing

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

God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers. Josephine Baker

Happiness Love God Hate Evil Brothers Another Built Dislikes

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. Josephine Baker

You Like Because Frenchmen Insult Very Much Even Nicely

When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place. Josephine Baker

Home Me You Country Ran France Out Tell Must Feared Never Like Gentlemen Been Frightened Child Ladies Burned Place Far Far Away Many Eventually Away

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

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