Josephine Baker makes her mark in Paris again, a century later
The jazz legend is the first black woman to join the prestigious French Pantheon
01 December 2021 - 19:56
Josephine Baker, the famed French American singer and dancer, has been inducted into the Pantheon mausoleum in Paris — one of France’s highest honours — at a ceremony attended by French President Emmanuel Macron...
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