MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: Here Is To YOU, Josephine BAKER (1906-1975): May We ALL Be Brave Enough To Follow Your Example! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75

Paris, November 1948: Legendary Missouri-born dancer and singer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader Josephine BAKER, arms outstretched, surrounded by a group of “Catherinettes” wearing their hand-made elaborate hats — donated to the French Merci Train as a...

December 1, 2021 at 4:38 pm MDFDE read more

MDFDE/USA: Saving America 2020: Following in the late Rep. John Robert LEWIS’s Footsteps #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace

March 7, 1965: John Lewis, Hosea William, Albert Turner and Bob Mants lead marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday in an effort to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. – Photo featured in the film John...

July 31, 2020 at 7:05 pm MDFDE read more

MDFDE/USA: THANK YOU Rep. John LEWIS & MLK for showing us the WAY! LIBERTY BABY! #MDFDEJeSuisLadyLiberty131

Civil rights leaders meet with President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson. Civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and John Lewis meet with President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson to discuss Civil Rights,...

January 16, 2017 at 5:50 pm MDFDE read more

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The official website of the Movement of French Abroad

MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: Here Is To YOU, Josephine BAKER (1906-1975): May We ALL Be Brave Enough To Follow Your Example! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75