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November 19, 2021 The French National Monuments Center has announced that the mausoleum of the Pantheon will house, from November 30, the remains of Josephine Baker. On 4 and 5 December it will be open to the public, with free admission.
In one of her songs, from the late 20s of the last century, Josephine Bajer sang "I have two loves, my country and Paris" even if it was not really the truth. The most celebrated black singer and dancer of all time loved not only the small suburb of Saint Louise, Missouri, where she was born, or the beautiful boulevards of Paris, which had given her fame. She had many loves including that for freedom and that is why France decided to reward her over a century after her birth, welcoming her remains in the Panthéon.
The Franco-American artist and anti-racist militant will "enter" the republican mausoleum dedicated to the personalities who have marked the history of France on November 30th.
She will be the first black woman to enter the French Pantheon and the sixth woman overall.
The last to enter was Simome Veil, in 2018.