1908 Jimmy Lee , Jockey, becomes the first black to win the Travers Stakesat Saratoga, N.Y.
Josephine Baker
Never has there been a more spectacular entertainer , singer, dancer and comediene than Josephine Baker. Born in 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine sought to escape a childhood of grinding poverty by putting on shows with her friends, and visiting the city' black vauderville houses.
What a life she led. During WWW11 , The French Resistance recruited Baker to become a secret agent. After the war sheturned her estate in Southern France into a popular tourist resort.
She became one of the first crusaders for blck civil rights and adopted 12 childrenof different national ties to show the world "that there is such a thing as a Universal family.
Love and Respect,
Benita , Great Granpa (Randy ), and family.
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