The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making her the first Black woman to receive France's highest honor.
PARIS — 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.
Baker will be the fifth woman to be honored with a Pantheon burial and will also be the first entertainer honored.
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