Ollie Stewart Papers 1953-1977
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
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Josephine Baker(1906-1975) was a dancer, singer, and civil rights activist. She performed in Paris, New York, Africa, and the Middle East, and was a crusader for racial equality. She was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Eddie Carson, a musician, and Carrie Macdonald. Her parents parted when Josephine was still an infant, and her mother married Arthur Martin, which has led to some confusion about her maiden name. Very llittle is known about her childhood, exce...
Stewart, Ollie Anderson, 1906-1977
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African American journalist, of Baltimore, Md., and Paris, France. From the description of Ollie Anderson Stewart collection, 1942-1976. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70960421 Ollie Anderson Stewart (1906-1977), journalist, was the first African American war correspondent to go abroad during World War II. A prolific writer, he worked for the Afro-American Newspapers, Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning in 1941 he sent regular columns coveri...
