She protested in her own way against racism, adopting 12 multi-ethnic orphans, whom she called the "Rainbow Tribe."
Unable to have children, she adopted 12 from around the world and called them her Rainbow Tribe: a living experiment in universal brotherhood and imperial motherhood.
Rainbow Tribe: ordinary people journeying on the red road, San Francisco: Harper, 1992.
Rainbow Tribe may refer to:
The Rainbow Tribe, Russell's second movie was based on a true story and was filmed in California in 2007.
The Rainbow Tribe (2008)
I knew her as an older woman, the Universal Mother presiding over her Rainbow Tribe.
On the bed Stellina (at 10, she was the youngest member of the Rainbow Tribe), curly brown hair framing her angelic face, was sleeping.
After reuniting with Josephine Baker, he became the spokesman for the Rainbow Tribe, her 12 adopted children of different races, nationalities, and religions.
This was music-hall star Josephine Baker's Dordogne empire, part leisure complex, part home to her Rainbow Tribe of adopted children.