in the drama. Written by Dee Harris-Lawrence . When the Germans invaded France, Baker retreated to her home in the country and housed members of the Charles de Gaulle-led Free France effort. At the end of the war, she received a Croix de guerre and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit.In the '50s, Baker was a hero on this side of the Atlantic, becoming a vocal supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. She vehemently denounced racism in the U.S.
and refused to perform for segregated audiences. In 1963, Baker spoke at the."I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad," she famously said. So great was Baker's influence in America that after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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