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Josephine Baker Enters France’s Pantheon In Historic, Celebrated State Affair

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Legendary Jazz Age performer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker made history today as the first Black woman to enter France’s hallowed Panthéon.

Baker is also only the sixth woman to be honored in such a way.A ceremony was held this evening, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the late Baker a “war hero, fighter, dancer, singer” who was “firstly defending humans.

American and French.”This was a major event in France today as the Missouri-born France transplant’s coffin containing handfuls of Earth from four places she lived were carried into her tomb in a symbolic laying to rest.Baker was born in Missouri in 1906, starting her career at 15 when she appeared on stage in several New York shows.

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