Speaking of historic events, did you know that one of the most important journeys in the history of American exploration kicked off in St. Lewis and Clark Expedition Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming (Museum purchase 21.78)/ Louis was also putting on the legendary World’s Fair that year, this odd sideshow might perhaps be forgiven. Not the city’s finest accomplishment, but, since St. fewer than 100 were from other countries, and half of those were Canadian. There were some 650 competitors from 12 countries, but the vast majority were from the U.S.
For geopolitical reasons, few of the world’s leading athletes participated, and attendance was low. According to Britannica, “Several events became part of an ‘anthropological’ exhibition in which American Indians, Pygmies, and other ‘tribal’ peoples competed in contests such as mud fighting and pole climbing.” Oh, dear. Sounds exciting, but it was a strange and, frankly, not-too-impressive exhibition. Louis to coincide with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the World’s Fair). Chicago had been chosen originally, but the 1904 Games were moved to St. Louis was the site of the third-ever modern Olympic Games. In 1952 Baker performed in her hometown at a benefit for a local group fighting segregation in the city’s public schools. Through the years she continued to speak out about racism and refused to perform before racially segregated audiences. She became a French citizen and was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour for her work in the French Resistance during World War II. After becoming a dancer, she, in her words, “ran away” to Paris in 1915, where she performed in La Revue Nègre, creating a sensation as virtually the personification, to the Parisians, of the creative and vital black American culture. The legendary expatriate African American entertainer deplored the racial discrimination she experienced in St. Louis, though, as she had a difficult and poor childhood there. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Īs Josephine Baker sang in one of her songs, “J’ai deux amours / Mon pais et Paris” (“I have two loves / My country and Paris”).Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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