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Minority Report

The Josephine Baker Stamp

• Josephine Baker, who died in 1975, has just gotten her very own commemorative stamp. It's an attempt to "reclaim America for her." [STLB]

• If Bill Cosby had been more thorough with his blacklisting of Terrence Howard, we might never have gotten to know the baby wipe bandit. Perish the thought. [EUR]

• I know it's been said so many times, but the Cindy McCain vs. Michelle Obama thing still gets me. [RR]

• From Gs to Gents premieres tonight! Uh, who's going to watch Fonzworth Bentley attempt to reform a bunch of Gs who tried out for a reality show? [NB]

• The Florida Immigration Advocacy Center is calling for an investigation of a Haitian immigrant who died in the custody of ICE. [NYT]

Jul 16, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 14 Responses

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Tagged: Bill Cosby, Josephine Baker, Minority Report, Terrence Howard

Comments (14)

No. 1 · Nichelle

I am going to clean my post office out of those Josephine Baker stamps!

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 1:36 pm

No. 2 · Nicole

I'm so gonna get me some of those stamps. Angelina Jolie has nothing on the original Madamoiselle Baker who was truly ahead of her time.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 2:45 pm

No. 3 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!!!!!!!

what the hell does Angelina Jolie have to do with Josephine Baker? Oh right. the adoptions.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 2:48 pm

No. 4 · Nicole

Yes, the adoption of children from different parts of the world. Baker called them her "Rainbow Tribe".

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 3:46 pm

No. 5 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!!!!!!!

whatever happened to her kids anyway? Aren't they all grown up now?

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 3:58 pm

No. 6 · Nicole

I think most of them keep a low profile, but two I believe have opened a restaurant in France named Josephine's.
I only knew vaguely of her because she's an icon, her famous banana dance, and watching the movie with Lynn Whitfield when I was younger but once I did more research she really did seem like a loving, caring, open-minded person especially during that era when the U.S. treated her horribly even when she was an otherwise world renowned star.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 4:05 pm

No. 7 · blackmistressdiva

When I was a kid I used to believe I was Josephine re-incarnated. Never mind that year diff btwn her death and my birth. LOL.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 4:17 pm

No. 8 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!!!!!!!

Nicole, did you know that Josephine was also a spy for CIA? I was at the International Spy Musuem in D.C (yeah I'm a dork… lmao). they had an exhibition about celebrities who also worked as spies.

I'm not sure exactly what, but something like this: apparently she would have had conversations with politicians and diplomats in europe and then report back to the CIA with what she heard.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 5:46 pm

No. 9 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!!!!!!!

^^ I mean, whenever Josephine would mingle with the famous, the important, and the rich, at social events, that's where she'd meet these kinds of people.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 5:47 pm

No. 10 · Eric T

I saw part of G's to Gent's and it wasn't bad. Even though I don't particularly dig the idea of hoodlums on my television, it has a decent premise.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 5:48 pm

No. 11 · Chic Noir

DFP- Would that have anything to do with her working with the resistance in WW2.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 8:30 pm

No. 12 · Daria at Gorgeous Black Women

She should be on a French stamp, not an American one.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 4:20 am

No. 13 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!!!!!!!

@ Chic Noir:

I think so.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:10 am

No. 14 · Nicole

@Deaf Feminist Punk!: That's not dorky! That museum sounds awesome! Anyway, I saw something about her spying from some doc I'd seen on YouTube, but it showed she'd given up her U.S. citizenship for France and spied on the Nazi's (or their allies I think) for the French.

@Eric: Yeah, I didn't think G's was that bad for entertainment purposes. Shaun is fine too….

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:13 am

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