Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor
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August 24, 2021 12:06 AM
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.
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