What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.
Josephine BakerGod dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.
Josephine BakerI believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.
Josephine BakerMy people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.
Josephine Baker