The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.
French-American dancer, singer, Resistance member and rights activist Josephine Baker became the first black woman to enter France s Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Tuesday, nearly half a century after her death.
Josephine Baker, the French-American dancer and singer who fought in the French Resistance and later battled racism, will on Tuesday become the first black woman to enter France's famed Pantheon maus…