Legendary entertainer Josephine Baker became the first Black woman to be honored at Paris’ Panthéon in a historic ceremony presided by French President Emmanuel Macron.

France is inducting Josephine Baker – Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader – into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting ...

France's presidential palace confirmed Sunday that Josephine Baker, a U.S.-born dancer and civil rights activist who became a French citizen in 1937, will be laid to rest in the Pantheon alongside ...

Josephine Baker next week will become the first Black woman and first American to be honored with enshrinement in Paris' Pantheon.

On the surface, it’s a powerful message against racism: a Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France’s Pantheon. While Baker is widely appreciated in France ...

Pictures of Josephine Baker adorn the red carpet as the coffin with soils from the U.S., France and Monaco is carried towards the Pantheon monument in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, where ...