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Josephine Baker: the world's first Black superstar enters France's Pantheon

Josephine Baker was the world’s first Black superstar - a revolutionary performer, world-famous singer, movie star, spy for the French resistance, and civil rights activist.
As she is honoured with a place in France's revered Pantheon monument, Eve Jackson speaks to her son Brian Bouillon-Baker, who tells us what it was like to be the child of one of the most famous performers of the 20th century.