Josephine Baker
The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
This broadcast marks the 25th anniversary week of the Overseas Press Club.
Josephine Baker begins by talking about her dieting techniques. Baker, 64, tells the story of her adoption of 11 children of different ethnic heritages: Akio (Korean son), Jeannot (Japanese son), Luis (Colombian son), Jari (Finnish son), Jean-Claude (French son), Moise (Israeli son), Brahim (Algerian son), Marianne (French daughter), Koffi (Ivorian son), Mara (Venezuelan son), and Noel (French son).
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 5757
Municipal archives id: T199
