Iconic US-born entertainer and activist Josephine Baker became the first black woman and sixth woman to be granted a tomb in the Pantheon in Paris on Tuesday
Josephine Baker the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist was inducted into France’s Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation’s highest honor.
French President Emmanuel Macron presided over an elaborate ceremony Tuesday at the domed Pantheon monument in Paris to immortalize Baker alongside other French luminaries.