Josephine Baker, 1st Black woman honored in French Pantheon

Josephine Baker Gets France’s Highest Honor

The late American entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker has become the first Black woman to be inducted into the Pantheon in Paris, the highest honor that France bestows. Legendary entertainer Josephine Baker famously sang that she had two loves — “J’ai Deux Amours” — my country and Paris.     She was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, but having come to Paris to perform, she reveled in life here, free of the institutionalized racism…

IN PICTURES: France honours Josephine Baker at the Pantheon

The Franco-American resistance hero, performing artist and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker, has received the highest posthumous honour possible in France, being inducted into the Panthéon.

France honors ‘legend’ Josephine Baker

Baker’s cenotaph placed in Pantheon mausoleum alongside other national heroes - Anadolu Agency

Josephine Baker Is the First Black Woman Honored at the Panthéon in Paris

Late entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker has been inducted into the Panthéon in France, making her the first Black woman to receive the nation's honor.

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

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 …

Josephine Baker takes her place among French greats in Panthéon

Josephine Baker, the American cabaret artiste and wartime French Resistance agent, was inducted today into the Panthéon, the mausoleum in Paris for national her