FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Josephine Baker: the world’s first Black superstar enters France’s Pantheon • FRANCE 24 English” – below is their description.
Josephine Baker was the world’s first Black superstar – a revolutionary performer, world-famous singer, movie star, spy for the French resistance, and civil rights activist.
As she is honoured with a place in France’s revered Pantheon monument, Eve Jackson speaks to her son Brian Bouillon Baker, who tells us what it was like to be the child of one of the most famous performers of the 20th century.
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