Josephine Baker 1st Black woman to get Paris burial honor

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first reported in le Parisien on Sunday.Her body will remain buried in Monaco, grandson Claude Bouillon-Baker told Agence France-Presse, but a plaque to honor her entry into the mausoleum will be added on November 30.French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said in a statement on social media that Baker was “a great lady who loved France.”Baker, born in 1906, rose to notoriety during France’s roaring 1920s and into the ’30s as an erotic dancer, namely her signature Danse Sauvage in which she works

PARIS (AP) — 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. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron decided to organize a ceremony on Nov.

The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first black woman to receive the country’s highest honour. French President Emmanuel Macron is organising a ceremony on November 30 at the Paris monument, which houses the remains of scientist Marie Curie, French philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor Hugo and other French luminaries.

The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first black woman to receive the country's highest honour. French President Emmanuel Macron is organising a ceremony on 30 November at the Paris monument, which houses the remains of scientist Marie Curie, French philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor Hugo and other French luminaries.

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