Baker ni omobinrin Afrika Amerika akoko to di osere pataki ninu filmu kan, Zouzou (1934) tabi to gbajumo kari aye gegebi onifaaji. Baker ko lati sere fun agbo eleyameya ni Amerika, be sini o tun kopa ninu Iwode awon Eto Araalu. Coretta Scott King fun ni ipo olori iwode yi ni odun 1968, leyin ifikupa Martin Luther King, Jr.. Baker, however, turned down the offer. She was also known for assisting the French Resistance during World War II, and received the French military honor, the Croix de guerre and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.