Why was Josephine baker famous in the 1920s?

Not only was Josephine Baker an icon of the Jazz Age and the first African American to star in a major motion picture, she was also an activist for The Civil Rights Movement and a member of the resistance during the German occupation of France during the war, even serving in the Red Cross.

French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s.