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The French government honored her with a 21-gun salute, making Josephine Baker the first American woman buried in France with military honors. Her gravesite is in the CimetiÃ©re de Monaco, Monaco. Josephine Baker has continued to intrigue and inspire people throughout the world. In 1991, HBO released The Josephine Baker Story. The film garnered five Emmy Awards. The film also won one of the three Golden Globes the film was nominated for that season.
Born on December 13, 1903 in Norfolk, Va., Ella Jo Baker grew up listening to stories of slave rebellions from her grandmother. A former slave, her grandmother told Baker that she'd been punished for not marrying a man that her owner had chosen. These stories laid the foundation for social justice and activism that would remain throughout Baker's life. Baker began her career in social activism while a student at Shaw University.