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Bessie Coleman Earned Pilot’s License 100 Years Ago

Bysarahbyrn June 19, 2021April 22, 2022

99s Museum of Women Pilots Celebrates Bessie’s 100th Anniversary When Bessie Coleman earned her pilot’s license on June 15, 1921 — 100 years ago — she was the first Black individual, man or women, to do so. Bessie Coleman wanted to fly, to feel the wind in her hair and on her face. She wanted…

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Bessie Coleman, America’s First Black Aviatrix (Woman Pilot)

Bysarahbyrn February 22, 2020April 22, 2022

A Tribute to Bessie Coleman for Black History Month Black History Month, February 2008, my daughter-in-law asked me to suggest a notable African American woman on whom my granddaughter, Katie, might do a report for her kindergarten class. (Bessie Coleman’s photo courtesy the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, Oklahoma City) I didn’t have to think…