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Women in France's Pantheon? I propose Josephine Baker


How a banana skirt became the ticket to the Panthéon for Josephine

French-American dancer, singer, French Resistance member and rights activist Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to enter France's Panthéon mausoleum.

Josephine Baker, American, Inducted Into the Panthéon

Josephine Baker had an incredibly successful life in Paris and the US as a dancer, singer, civil rights activist, spy and pilot!

In French Pantheon, Josephine Baker makes history yet again - WKRG

PARIS (AP) — France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into ...

Josephine Baker, first Black woman honored in French Pantheon

France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy, and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, ...

French honors for U.S. born Josephine Baker prompts criticism over ...

A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France's Pantheon. That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, ...

Josephine Baker: The American Star and French Heroine Is ...

Forty-six years after her death, Josephine Baker was inducted into the Panthéon on Tuesday to join France's heroes. In a moving ceremony ...

Josephine Baker Honored At The Pantheon in Paris | Living St. Louis

Josephine Baker was born into poverty in St. Louis but found success, acceptance, and new citizenship in France.

Abortion Nightmare, Josephine Baker, A Great Read ...

This week Josephine Baker, the singer, human rights activist and member of the French Resistance during WW ll, was inducted into France's ...

Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon

The voice of Josephine Baker will resonate Tuesday in front of the Pantheon in Paris, where she is to symbolically be inducted — becoming ...

Part Two: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta ... - iHeart

Margaret continues her conversation with journalist and writer Laurie Penny about Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a film, who ...

Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon

PARIS (AP) — The voice of Josephine Baker, speaking and singing, will resonate Tuesday in front of the Pantheon monument in Paris, ...

Giving Josephine Baker a Hero's Grave Won't Bury the Truth…

Baker will be only the sixth woman, the third Black person, and the first Black woman to be laid to rest there.6 (Baker's actual remains will ...

In Josephine Baker's Activism, Black Joy and Struggle Live Side by ...

As a result of her performances, activism, and service to France, “Josephine Baker will become the first Black woman to be entombed in the ...

Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor - WEHT

PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, ...

Josephine Baker in the Pantheon - European Security

When she was contacted in September 1939 by Captain Jacques Abtey of the German section of the French counter-espionage service headed by ...

Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon | Print Only

PARIS — The voice of Josephine Baker, speaking and singing, will resonate Tuesday in front of the Pantheon monument in Paris, ...

Brian Scott Bagley | JOSEPHINE BAKER'S PANTHEON DAY ...

Josephine Baker's 3rd Panthéon Anniversary Day with as you join us on this ballade of history with Musée Josephine Baker & des Afro-Descendants ...

French honor for Josephine Baker stirs conflict over racism | AP News

A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France's Pantheon. That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, ...

Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon

“Josephine Baker, you are entering into the Pantheon because, (despite) born American, there is no greater French (woman) than you,” he said.

US-born French icon Josephine Baker to enter France's Pantheon

The American-born French singer, dancer and actress Josephine Baker is to enter France's Pantheon in Paris, making her the first black woman ever to be laid to ...