Katika Kühnreich<p>50 years ago Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald) died in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a></p><p>She was an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/singer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singer</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dancer</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/actress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actress</span></a>, and a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fighter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fighter</span></a> for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a></p><p>During <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> she fought against <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facism</span></a> as part of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> and always fought against <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p><p>She was an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> that resisted inequality of her time</p><p>Her life was not easy, she did not inherit fortunes she could build on</p><p>She did it herself</p><p>Let's borrow some of her courage &amp; build a society she'd liked</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/josephinebaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>josephinebaker</span></a></p>