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In a ceremony on Monday evening, Prince Charles acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” as the nation removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and inaugurated its first-ever President. “},{“title”:”The extraordinary life of Josephine Baker: Dancer, civil rights activist, and WWII spy”,”duration”:”03:35″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/style/2021/11/30/josephine-baker-profile-france-pantheon-honored-bittermann-pkg-intl-ctw-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”style/2021/11/30/josephine-baker-profile-france-pantheon-honored-bittermann-pkg-intl-ctw-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211130162120-getty-josephine-baker-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/style/2021/11/30/josephine-baker-profile-france-pantheon-honored-bittermann-pkg-intl-ctw-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/around-the-world/”,”description”:”Josephine Baker will make history when she becomes the first Black woman inducted into France’s Panthéon. 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