Josephine Baker became a pilot for the French Forces Libres in Morocco. Courtesy: Consulate General of France in Miami
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Josephine Baker made history as the first Black woman, American-born citizen, and performer to be honored at France's Pantheon monument.
A celebrated entertainer of the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance, Baker found fame and became a French citizen in Paris, seeking refuge from U.S. racism.
During World War II, she was a key French Resistance agent, hiding fighters and Jews, serving as a pilot, and passing intelligence to the Allies, earning France's highest military honors.
Entertainer, activist, and World War II spy Josephine Baker made history this week when she became the first Black woman to be honored at the Pantheon monument in France.
Born in 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker rose to fame in the 1930s as a singer and dancer and became a symbol of the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance.
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