Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Josephine Baker to Be Honored at the Pantheon, France's Highest Posthumous Tribute

One of the most pioneering Black entertainers in history—and certainly one of its most famous expats—is receiving well-deserved recognition, 46 years after her death. On Tuesday, it was announced that the remains of American-born entertainer-activist Josephine Baker would be reinterred at Paris’s Pantheon monument,…

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