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Josephine Baker (Courtesy of History of Yesterday)
Posted inLifestyle

Josephine Baker Receives Highest Honor in France

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer December 8, 2021

Legendary trailblazing performer Josephine Baker received one of the highest honors in France with her induction into the French Panthéon, the nation’s mausoleum of heroes, which includes Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Èmile Zola and Marie Curie.

Posted inInternational

New COVID-19 Variant Discovered in France: Report

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte greet fourth-graders Owen Sze (right) and Marissa Tyler after exiting a plane at Joint Base Andrews. The two students were among the first people to greet Macron and his wife upon their visit to the U.S. in April. (Courtesy of the Embassy of France in the U.S.)
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