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NAACP Protests Discrimination by Stork Club Against Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker - 1951 NAACP Protest

Josephine Baker - 1951 NAACP Protest

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In October of 1951, entertainer Josephine Baker entered the famous New York City nightclub, the Stork Club -- and was refused service because of her color. The NAACP staged a protest outside the Stork Club in reaction, and Josephine Baker became active in the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s.

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