Josephine Baker Confronts Racist - HISTORY

A Los Angeles news report explains how the African-American dancer Josephine Baker took a stand against racism by making a citizen's arrest.

FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate.

RELATED CONTENT

Diane Nash discusses how her mentor Ella Baker inspired her own work as a civil rights activist in honor of Black History Month.

Live coverage at Wimbledon in 1957 captures Althea Gibson's victory. Gibson was the first African-American woman to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals.

Did you know Rosa Parks wasn't the first African-American woman to refuse to give up her seat? Get the full story.

Newsreel footage of former Alabama Governor George Wallace standing against desegregation while being confronted by federal authorities at the University of Alabama in 1963.

For 382 days, almost the entire African-American population of Montgomery, Alabama, including leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, refused to ride on segregated buses, a turning point in the American civil rights movement.

Historian Yohuru Williams explains what you need to know to sound smart about the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North after the Civil War.