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The voice of Josephine Baker resonated on Tuesday through streets of Paris’ famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career kicked off an elaborate ceremony at the domed Pantheon monument, where she was symbolically inducted – becoming the first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor. French President Emmanuel Macron made the decision in […]
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Josephine Baker Is 1st Black Woman Given Paris Burial Honor
August 23rd, 2021 
Awake Goy PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron decided to […]
Josephine Baker to become first Black women interred at Pantheon
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Franco-American singer Josephine Baker will receive a burial at the Pantheon monument in Paris, the French presidency confirmed to media following a report in Le Parisien. Baker, a revered World War II resistance figure and civil rights activist, is the fifth woman to receive the honour of being interred at the Pantheon. Le Parisien reported […]
