phosphorusAblo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway admired her and now respect her Emmanuel Macron The entertainer Josephine Baker has a place in the Panthéon in France. On Monday, the French President announced on the news service Twitter: “She is an American. In her struggle and participation, she chose France. Josephine Baker insisted on the French motto: “On November 30, she will be solemnly Enter the Pantheon during the ceremony. She was the first black woman to be honored in this way.
Most importantly, Macron wanted to pay tribute to the contribution made by this woman who was born in Missouri in 1906 during the German occupation. She appeared in front of the French army, joined the Red Cross after surrendering, and participated in the French resistance network. She later supported the civil rights movement in the United States. Baker died of cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1975. She was the first American woman buried in military honor.
The grave is still in Monaco
At the request of her family, she should not be reburied and her grave should remain in Monaco. Since 2013, a group of people around Baker’s son Brian Bouillon-Baker have been fighting for Baker to join the Pantheon. As advocate and entrepreneur Jennifer Gaston said, in mid-July, the organization met Macron. “When the president agreed, we were very happy,” she said. “She was an artist, the first black international star, a Cubist muse, a resistance fighter in the French army during World War II, and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. Active in the struggle for civil rights, “read a petition asking Baker to move into the Pantheon and received 38,000 signatures. The French newspaper “Parisian” first reported this decision.
A Macron consultant confirmed that Baker’s entrance ceremony into the Pantheon will be held on November 30th. Baker married Frenchman Jean Leon that day, which enabled her to obtain French citizenship.
