(ANSA) - PARIS, AUG 22 - The French-American artist Josephine Baker (1906-1975), a leading figure in the Resistance and in the anti-racist struggle, will enter the Pantheon in Paris on Sunday 30 November: this was announced by the entourage of President Emmanuel Macron, confirming the news published by the newspaper Le Parisien.
In January 2014, Baker's fifth adopted son, Jean-Claude Bouilon-Baker, said that dedicating a place to his mother in the temple of the people who wrote the history of the country "would be immense recognition for this daughter of France who fought for freedom, integration and the role of women in society ". However, Jean-Claude Bouilon-Baker had added that he preferred the mother's body to remain in the family vault in Munich. (HANDLE).