Actor and singer Josephine Baker spent her life resisting racial discrimination at home and abroad. During World War II, she bravely used her fame to fight back against the Nazis.

The show marks 100 years after the legendary American-born dancer, singer, actress, and activist first appeared on stage in France.

A new mural in north-eastern Paris revives the spirit of legendary entertainer, activist and French resistance member Josephine Baker, and her love for both her country, the United States, and her elected home city, Paris.

Josephine Baker, an American-born cabaret performer who became a French resistance fighter during World War II, will be honoured at the Pantheon in a ceremony on Tuesday.

The singer, entertainer and actress Josephine Baker attends the fair of the Foire du Trone.

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Josephine Baker, born in Missouri in 1906 and buried in Monaco in 1975, was a famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Catholic mass for American born French resistance supporter Josephine Baker

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The funeral in Monaco of the entertainer Josephine Baker.

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Donations save actress and entertainer Josephine Baker's home for her adopted children in Les Milandes, France.

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Donations save actress and entertainer Josephine Baker's home in France for her adopted children.

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Josephine Baker, born in Missouri in 1906 and buried in Monaco in 1975, was a famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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Rhapsodies in Black / London / recent / ENT 4

Remembering the golden age of Black American cu
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There was a time when Harlem was the bustling, creative hothouse for entertainment, art and culture for America's black...

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Born in St. Louis, Baker became a megastar in the 1930s, especially in France, where she moved in 1925 to flee racism and segregation.

Parisians visit the Pantheon as French-American dancer, singer, Resistance member and rights activist Josephine Baker becomes the first black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures (Footage by AFPTV...

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Two men in tuxedos talk at a table while Josephine Baker dances on stage in a bikini top and banana skirt.

Josephine Baker's actions, her fights and her commitments are remarkable in many ways," says Laurent Kupferman, who launched the petition for the musical legend's induction to France's Pantheon mausoleum, which garnered around 38,000...

French deputy minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and three of Josephine Baker's sons inaugurate the Paris metro station "Gaîté Josephine Baker", a few hours before the pantheonisation of the black icon (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Manish Arora showcased his spring-summer collection for 2014 in Paris on Thursday (26SEP13) at the Palais de Tokyo.

For his latest offering, the Mumbai born designer, infused athletic sportswear with the energy...

The Empire State building lights up in the colors of the French flag to honor Josephine Baker before she becomes the first black woman to be reinterred at the Pantheon in Paris, the mausoleum reserved for France's "great men (Footage by...

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Some of the biggest names of haute couture took the catwalks of Paris during the fashion week that attracts many of the world's biggest followers of fashion to the French
city.
Chanel's spring...