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 ...

Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy, and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker, will be honored with a distinction never before done in French history. Last Tuesday, President ...

Black, American-born, a woman, and arguably best known for her exotic dancing: Josephine Baker hardly fits the profile of France’s historical heroes. But today, the performer from Saint Louis, ...

The American-born French entertainer was an icon of the Roaring '20s. In Josephine Baker's iconic song, "J'ai Deux Amours," the legendary entertainer describes having two loves, "my country and Paris.

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 ...

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 ...

46 years on from her death and her final performance, French-American music hall star and activist Josephine Baker has made history yet again. On Nov. 30 she became the first Black woman to enter ...

With a well-deserved honor, Josephine Baker is making history once again. On Nov. 30, the legendary entertainer was celebrated with a burial in the Panthéon monument in Paris — making her the first ...

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 ...

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