Joséphine Baker was die eerste swart vrou wat die Panthéon in Frankryk binnegegaan het

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Die regering sê Baker sal in November in die monument opgeneem word.

Die Panthéon is 'n begraafplaas vir gevierde Franse ikone soos wetenskaplike Marie Curie en skrywer Victor Hugo.

Baker sal net die sesde vrou wees wat by sommige aansluit 80 nasionale helde.

Gebore in St Louis, Missouri in 1906, Baker rose to international stardom in the 1930s after moving to France to pursue a career in showbusiness.

She was also a resistance fighter for her adopted country France during World War Two, and had a role in the civil rights movement in the US.

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