A year in review: The women who shaped 2021
They blazed trails, set new records, called out injustice and faced down oppression: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the inspirational women who shaped the past 12 months.…
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Live: Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon
Issued on: 30/11/2021 - 16:44
The American-born dancer, singer, actress and civil rights activist Josephine Baker becomes the first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum…
Making history again, Josephine Baker enters Panthéon of French heroes
Issued on: 30/11/2021 - 09:26
The American-born dancer, singer, actress and civil rights activist Josephine Baker will become the first Black woman to enter France’s Pantheon…
Josephine Baker joins French Pantheon of the great
Baker will be just the sixth woman to be honoured in the secular temple to the "great men" of the French Republic, which sits on a hill in Paris's Left Bank.…
Josephine Baker to be first Black woman in France’s Pantheon
The remains of American-born Josephine Baker will be laid to rest in the hallowed Parisian monument on November 30, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron told AFP on Sunday, confirming a report in…