Analyzing Ms. Josephine Baker's Speech

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Ms. Josephine Baker's speech was one speech that was meant to be held up high and remembered, throughout her speech she had touched on a majority of big conflicting points to support her thoughts and meanings. Josephine Baker had spoken vaguely and descriptively about segregation and how she wasn't able to go to certain places or do certain things. She had even stated during her speech an experience she had gone through about how she couldn't even drink at the coffee shop she wanted to shop at even if she had the money. Years back she never had to experience a feeling such as not being able to do what you want simply due to your skin color or race. Josephine Baker was a renown African American entertainer who had earned her fame and fortune

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