FILE - In this April 4, 1968 file photo, entertainer Josephine Baker appears with a young elephant on stage during her gala premiere at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday Aug. 22, 2021, that French President Emmanuel Macron decided to organize a ceremony on November 30 at the Paris monument. (AP Photo/File)
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