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Paris pays homage to entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with vibrant new mural

Paris is welcoming back one of its brightest stars – not on stage this time, but on a wall. Josephine Baker, the legendary performer, French Resistance spy, and civil rights activist, now watches over ...
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Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman honored at the Pantheon in Paris

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, ...
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Paris unveils mural of Josephine Baker to honor her legacy

PARIS (AP) — Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. Fifty years after her death, Baker now gazes out over a diverse ...