Today's Black History Maker is Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker was born in St.Louis, Missouri in 1906. Her mother and father split up early, so little Josephine started working at age eight. She got a job as a dancer in a chorus line while still in high school and at 17 was a dancer in a hit show called 'Shuffle Along' by Noble Sissle. In 1925, though her life changed. She went to Paris as part of an all black revue and was so wildly received by the French, that she was signed to star in Paris' famed Folies Bergere. That was it, she became a major French and European star. She was married a few times and adopted children of all races. And Josephine Baker was inducted in the French legion of honor for her work with the underground resistance movement during World War II. Nevertheless, when she was booked to star back in the states on Broadway later on, whites walked out of the show. She went back to Paris, that's where she died. Josephine Baker was a real history maker . . a black history maker.