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Panthéon – Josephine Baker Crypt
Paris, Unknown, France
In 2021, Josephine Baker became the first Black woman inducted into France's national mausoleum for its most honored citizens — recognized jointly for her Jazz Age stardom and her work as a French Resistance intelligence agent during World War II.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
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"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"