Etichetta: Panthon
Black French-American rights activist Josephine Baker enters Panthéon
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Josephine Baker, the French-American civil rights activist, music hall superstar and second world war resistance hero, is set to become the first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum of revered historical ...
The Guardian view on Josephine Baker: a timely addition to the Panthéon
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Above the portico columns of the Panthéon in Paris, which was completed the year after the storming of the Bastille, a solemn inscription reads, “To Great Men From a Grateful Nation”. Well over 200 anni dopo, the fa...