REPLAY: Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon • FRANCE 24 English

[@woesmevrou5673]

A fitting tribute to a remarkable woman whose integrity deserves acclaim. The role model of artistry and activism of the highest order. A remarkable human being who resisted victimisation - who maintained extraordinary dignity which commands eternal respect.

[@jaketaylor3901]

Beautiful ceremony for a talented, brave and courageous woman. 🇨🇵❤🇺🇸

[@BM-ur4je]

I gasped with emotion when I heard about legend Josephine's induction into the Pantheon. As a Canadian white woman of Polish background all the memories of my mother recounting essentially everything I am hearing on this video flooded back. She was from Warsaw and had lived at various times in her life in Paris which she considered her 3rd home. She worshipped Josephine for her many talents and told me everything about her many husbands, her work in the French Resistance, her dancing and singing. The one thing I didn't know as a child at the time was of her Civil Rights activism and her tragic beginnings in the USA as I don't think my parents realized how awful the racism was and continued to be until we took roadtrips to the South and witnessed the reality of America. Indeed "exoticized" is the perfect way to summarize my mother's narrative. And thus we visited the various remaining nightclubs Josephine had performed in in preference over typical tourist ones. I had a personal narrated, sometimes adorned with song, personal tour. Only rare acquaintances had any idea what I spoke about when I mentioned the fabulous Baker over the years. This has been a wonderful experience. Thank you Fr.24.

[@boukmananddessalines5522]

Beautiful story about your mother. You should read the story about the brave Poles in Haiti. They fought side by side with the enslaved Haitians when France sent them to the island to fight against the revolutionary heroes in order to maintain slavery there. They never returned back to France and became one with the free enslaved people of Haiti 🇭🇹. Be blessed!

[@serpentines6356]

@@boukmananddessalines5522 Is there a book about that?

[@oriel9347]

About time Americans realised their country is a lie.

[@jamilafever8110]

I was so so emotional watching this. I'm incredibly proud and moved and I would have LOVED to have met her and talked to her. She's my forever favorite.

[@WordsAreWealth]

This is one of the most memorable and honorable tributes I've ever seen. Well done, France. Well done.

[@NIJEECAPRICORN23]

We love you Ms Josephine Baker!!! Beautiful ceremony 🇺🇸 ❤🙌🏾🙌🏾 Rest in peace 🇫🇷

[@unaffiliatedwealth1798]

I'm a black American. I am doing the tour. This is fascinating! ✌🏾

[@lorettagorden-rice1541]

Oh Miss Josephine! This is wonderful.

[@ashlove7330]

I am so glad that Josephine Baker was honored . ❤️ I remembered doing a history report for black history month. She is one of my favorite heroine s in history.

[@francinesicard464]

It was high time for France to return the love she had for my country! Beyond being a black woman, she was first and foremost a beautiful, courageous and immensely generous woman. At home, she is a legend and part of our history now.

[@indiaglamstar69]

This is a honor for her she definitely deserve this and more she is my ultimate idol ,I love the energy of the young man at the performance

[@briannicole8809]

Rest in peace Miss Josephine Baker Us American we love you 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

[@TheDivineOne187]

Nearly 50 years after her death….and people are still throwing roses at her feet.

[@annelafeber8362]

What i always found amazing is her voice that resembles a bit the voice of Piaf,another french hero.But when Mrs Baker was young she had this incredible hight in het voice,like a sweet bird.After the war her voice become somewhat lower.But it was always so present.Her life was incredible,with many highs and lows.Respect and admiration for Josephine Baker.amazing woman.💝💝💝

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

She visited Copenhagen in 1928. Left such an impression, that she lives in a nusery rhyme to this day. "Josephine baker is so damn delicious... " And so she was :-)

[@elsebethlind1076]

I am Danish and loved her. Smart sexy daring and so talented

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Josephine Baker er så skide lækker under hendes arme, er der fyldt med charme lol

[@jamillaslife3696]

So happy they have honored her with the highest recognition! She was so beautiful and so happy her legacy lives on forever! ❤🥰 Coming all the way from St Louis! 🙏🏽🙌🏽👏🏽

[@jamielyallleathan]

Une cérémonie magnifique et merveilleuse, l'hommage d'un pays qui n'oublie pas les réalisations d'un citoyen étranger mais qui a tant fait pour le pays qui a accueilli!

[@casteretpollux]

Very moving. A great woman. Wish she'd known about it!

[@heitorsuzart2481]

Mulher de Força, Resistência, Heroína, e que acima de tudo lutou pela LIBERDADE este é um grande merecimento que entrou pra história e que influencia e irá influenciar várias gerações.

[@gardengirl4680]

Very moving tribute, she really was a trailblazer, but also a hard worker and made herself a life, from extreme poverty, She overcame her sadness and turned it positive adopting her rainbow family for true love, RIP Josephine xxx

[@klytus8339]

May the gods be with Josephine Baker!! Gone but not forgotten.🇺🇸

[@watson10431]

First of all, I extend a huge thank you to The New Yorker, 13 December 2021. I did not know about this event until I read about it in The Talk of Town section. Ici, en Amerique, il y a rien de cette cérémonie magnifique. New Yorker et France 24 English, merci mille fois! The historic accounts and background stories (of Ms. Baker's American and French experiences) shared by professor and author, Mr. Young and founder of The Entrée to Black Paris, Ms. Wells give this story/video an extremely humanizing dynamic. So many talking points inspire the yearning to know more about this beautiful and courageous soul.

[@japnikki]

Beautiful woman and legacy!

[@lumiere7216]

The talent never diminished, the enthusiasm never wavered. She loved her audiences and they loved her right back 🥰 🤗

[@sanskretro]

This!

[@ddoubleu170]

🙏🏾♥️✊🏾 Grateful for the life of Ms. Baker.

[@sampa2nyc]

A beautiful, moving ceremony

[@sanskretro]

At about 18 mins in this clip, one of the guests starts a synopsis of Josephine Baker's life that matches what I've read and learned both in class and on my own in college. I'm in tears.

[@boukmananddessalines5522]

May the soul of Ms Josephine Baker Rest In Eternal Power!

[@joshuamartinpryce8424]

Being the first black anything is something to be proud of. Spirituality is being proud of who we are in the almighty and setting standards.

[@sanskretro]

I've posted this on another clip, but...I'm from Texas. I'm an ADOS that has always organically enjoyed American Black history. I first learned about Josephine Baker from my stanning of The Supremes (both Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) desired to portray her in a movie. I finally deep-researched her when I was taking French in college. Fell in love...again... 😍 💃 A real patriot. I like to thank in an egocentric, self-centered way that me (and perhaps a select others in the world) are responsible for things like this taking place due to our honest, heartfelt feelings about people or things. Change w/o lifting a finger. Just honestly being moved. We (up out of ghettos, slums and trailer parks) feel a **real*** way and the universe alerts others to follow suit... ¡Voila! What an honor this is!

[@elainebmack]

I heard the name Josephine Baker while growing up in Chicago in the 1960s and 70's. She would come to the States periodically and do these shows, but I knew nothing about her. No one mentioned her much, and the pictures I saw of her were rather bizarre - this strange looking old lady wrapped in feathers and elaborate costumes. I was not impressed. It wasn't until many years later as an adult that I learned much more about her, and from then on marveled at what she was able to accomplish considering her upbringing and the times in which she grew up. I have to admit that that I wasn't interested in that banana dance stuff, especially since black women were (and still are) expected to be "sexy savages". It was her work during WWII that drew my attention. Now, I have nothing but admiration for her. I am so happy that France accepted her in the many facets of her life a career and gave her a chance to develop as a human being, something that probably would not have happened in the USA.

[@Piratinas17]

It is a beautiful ceremony for a great woman. She really deserves it. The chorals 1:11:27 are very touching. Does anyone know who this music is from?

[@Juan.Greg.]

Digno de uma rainha Worthy of a queen

[@handiable]

A True Artist and Legend! Her life affected so many people of different races around the world. She was a symbol of Life, Creativity and Love.

[@handiable]

Beautiful Ceremony to Honor a Great Woman.💖💖💖

[@katherineloveclay]

C’est Parfaite! 💗

[@fabs8498]

The great Alexandre Dumas remains are there too.He was biracial.

[@thaleis]

Yes but he was a man... Josephine Baker is the 6th woman among 80 Great Ones "remaining" in the Pantheon. And she doesn’t really remains there either. Her remains still in Monte Carlo where Grace Kelly afforded her a mansion to live in when she was in money trouble during her last years. The coffin entering the Pantheon only had 4 handful of lands in it. 1 from Saint-Louis in Missouri where she is born, 1 from Paris, 1 from the Lot area where she raised her 12 adoptive children and the last one from Monaco where she lived until her death.

[@TsAudrey]

Viva La Josephine! 💞

[@larrypruitt6542]

Correction Mrs Josephine Baker is just as well known in the USA as well as the world.....

[@thaleis]

Not really beside her Saint-Louis native area. FBI make sure she wasn’t cited in any history scholarship manuals after her involvement with M. L. King Jr. She still very obscure and her actual Official burial in the Pantheon didn’t even been exposed in the news shows in USA.

[@shambulia]

Thank you Larry for telling them! Also, another correction. There is a movie about her life, played by Lynn Whitfield called the Josephine Baker Story.

[@ashlove7330]

There is even a Lifetime flim movie about her.

[@nourredineyr191]

Merci Josephine♥, Merci France.

[@pworm195]

I love Josphine Baker When I saw the movie about her I cried. She in black history books. She one of my favorite. It about time she gets her honor.

[@ericfluellen8957]

Many good Blessing to this great lady. 💖💖💖💖

[@gratefuldead3750]

The Baker is a legend There are only five woman at all in the pantheon. Now we are waiting for the first "yellow" and first "red" women as candidates. First "yellow" man shoud be jaques verges the half french half vietnamese lawyer. But he will never be included.

[@lilliansteele7165]

She needs to be honored here in the US. This was where she was born.

[@artnodulot1525]

but us gave her to france as a gift .thank you very much we loved her ;o) france became her country

[@mikakaye8507]

She was absolutely incredible a true inspiration ❤️

[@triplecrosssportsuk]

Respect for Josephine baker Triple Cross Sports uk Salute You Excellent.... 👮‍♀️👍💂‍♀️👍👨‍👩‍👧👍😎👍

[@KingAshleys]

I literally cried

[@DD-ws8jc]

49:22 Moon River

[@SouthernArtist77]

Well deserved honor.

[@j.j.1064]

That's more than was at Trump's inauguration. I guess it's all due to the level of importance. She's a genuine heroine. As opposed to a fake chancer. RIP Josie.

[@JouelletteFrenchCoaching]

Bravo ! 🇨🇵

[@triplecrosssportsuk]

Excellent 👍👍👍

[@josephnotoempire2949]

Fighting American fascism might as well be the meaning of a moral life. To do it as a black woman, has got to be at the highest difficulty.

[@serpentines6356]

America isn't fascist. Baker helped fight against fascism, just like America did.

[@اممحمد-ن9ق8ف]

🤲🇵🇸ساعدوني يا اهل الخير اتمنى من الله فاعل خير يرحم اطفالي انا من فلسطين... غزة.. حياتي وحياة اطفالي الله اعلم فيها يارب غيث يارب 🇵🇸🤲🤲🇵🇸

[@briannicole8809]

Insha allah allah mercy on you and your family 🤲

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Jeg ønsker dig glædelig jul og godt nytår :-)

[@tirebiter1680]

Uh....She is not French and she is Black! OMG! Will that make the white folks angry. If some of them complained, I would not be surprised.

[@artnodulot1525]

for the french she is a french heroine.we adopt her

[@RevOpsNomads]

Mate. She gave everything she had for our country and then the FBI forced her to renounce her citizenship. She could have been a dual citizen but after about 4 chances given to embrace her fully your State spat in her face...You do not deserve her. Also Frenchness is a civic nationalism. We do not have a single phenotype or culture in this country and never will. We claim her.

[@algyward]

❤️❤️❤️

[@7HPDH]

C’est bien mais en anglais il faut dire Saint-Louisss avec un s à la fin

[@zorbeclegras5708]

Depuis quand :)? Joséphine Baker adorait que les choses soient dites à la manière française!

[@7HPDH]

@@zorbeclegras5708 mais les habitants de Saint-Louis ne vont pas vous prendre au sérieux 😅

[@zorbeclegras5708]

@@7HPDH On s'en fiche ! :)

[@lesthebest3171]

Vive La France!

[@IDEALEGACY59]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💐

[@recyclinggestapo6943]

She was Betty Boop, yes, really.

[@mihalykucsera4761]

transMondial Panthéon

[@doreenwyatt6409]

I think 💭 🤔the tribute to miss joshephine Baker was very Boring all across the board all they did to showcase her amazing 😉 life no pictures of her and she was the most celebrated and photographed women in her life time . Famous artist 👩‍🎨 painted her in the most beautiful way and amazing photos of her covering all facets of her life she was a famous star ⭐️ of her time with beautiful costumes and just her elaborate beautiful fantasying clothes and fashion she was a fashion icon at the time on stage theater ,movies and in her daily fabulous life she was the richest entertainers of her time a spy a military person , entertainer, activist ,a wife a mother ,an entrepreneur owing her own restaurant and club , and once the owner of her own castle Or chateaux , and movie star ⭐️ the biggest and first to appear in movies 🎥 star of her day !!!!!’ You 🤔 💭😉 they would showcase all of her accomplishments would be featured that’s why she is being entured at the pantheon 🏛 most famous in France . Don’t get it at all most of the people there especially young people have probably never seen ms. Baker or her celebrated works on screen 📺 or documentaries only 2 unglamorous pictures of her .very disappointing and boring not what you would expect for celebrating 🥳 just words .

[@eddiss2199]

Black woman ???

[@LilySteph1949]

Yes

[@eddiss2199]

@@LilySteph1949 no ,mixed woman..

[@RegentDeMarquis005]

Long live the heirs of Prince of France Louis-Charles the 17th the lost dauphin and Washitaw Royal Empriss Annamarieeyah. We are the royal family and we will return to our seats on the throne. #Bowdown respectfully

[@RegentDeMarquis005]

Je suis de le washita. Je vien de la nouvelle orléans

[@kayra2444]

Who??