PARIS – France is inducting Josephine Baker – Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist – into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting ...

A renowned Loveland sculptor and a woman who grew up here but now lives in France are working together to honor Joséphine ...

French-American singer, Resistance member and rights activist Josephine Baker became the first black woman to enter France’s Pantheon. French-American dancer, singer, Resistance member and rights ...

On the same day France celebrated the induction of American-born singer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker into the Panthéon, far-right xenophobic writer and pundit Éric Zemmour announced he ...

The late entertainer was bestowed with the prestigious honor Tuesday Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a Digital News Writer. Her work ...

Legendary Jazz Age performer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker made history today as the first Black woman to enter France’s hallowed Panthéon. Baker is also only the sixth woman to be honored ...

France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of ...

In the 1920s, Josephine Baker escaped the violent racism of in the United States to seek refuge in Paris, like so many other Black American creatives have done over time. Baker found that France ...

Jazz legend Josephine Baker has become the first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor. On Tuesday, Baker’s name was included with other French luminaries honored at France’s domed Pantheon ...

France inducted U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist Josephine Baker into the Pantheon on Tuesday, the first Black woman to receive the nation’s highest honor. Baker’s voice ...

PARIS — Josephine Baker, the American-born entertainer and civil rights activist who first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was ...

The American-born singer and World War II hero is the first Black woman to get France's highest honor. At the end of this month, France gives a special honor to Josephine Baker. The remains of the ...