Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas ... a one-room wooden shack located four miles from her house. Her classroom often lacked basic supplies like paper and pencils, and, like all ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

VALERIE, YOU WERE AS THEY ARE SETTING UP THEIR EVENTS. TODAY IS BESSIE COLEMAN DAY. SHE'S THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO HOLD A PILOTS LICENSE THE FLY OZ CLUB AT ...