(January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) Bessie Coleman, was the first licensed Black aviator, was killed in an airplane accident on April 30,1926. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Bessie Coleman was born on January 26, 1893 in Atlanta, Texas. In pursuing a flying career, she had three goals: earn a pilot’s license; become a recognized stunt and exhibition flier; and establish an aviation school for Blacks. Rejected by every American aviation school she applied to, she was encouraged by Robert S. Abbott (founder […]
VIA: U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission Bessie Coleman, the daughter of a poor, southern, African American family, became one of the most famous women and African Americans in aviation history. “Brave Bessie” or “Queen Bess,” as she became known, faced the double difficulties of racial and gender discrimination in early 20th-century America but overcame such […]
