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Why France declares Josephine Baker a national hero


France is honoring US-born 20th-century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a spot at the Pantheon on Tuesday.

She was the first black woman to be remembered at the resting place of France’s national heroes, through her civil rights activism and for the Resistance during World War II.

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