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Josephine Baker Honored at France’s Pantheon

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. By Sylvie Corbet and Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press Baker’s voice resonated through streets of Paris’ famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career […]

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