Women’s History Month began as a way to honour women’s contributions throughout time. It was meant to commemorate their ...

Aviation trailblazer Captain Beth Powell, founder of Queen B Production LLC, has released a documentary trailer and book biography in collaboration with the family of Bessie Coleman, the first ...

Aviation trailblazer Captain Beth Powell, founder of Queen B Production LLC, has released a documentary trailer and book biography in collaboration with the family of Bessie Coleman, the first African ...

40/29'S VALERIE ZHANG IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. 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 ...

Bessie Coleman was the first black woman pilot to fight racism and sexism to earn her license in 1921 inspiring future aviators worldwide. Thanks to Jada Carson, a 12th grader at Airline High ...

Here are their inspiring stories. Bessie Coleman was one of the first women in America to pilot an airplane, and, she claimed, the first Black woman aviator. A manicurist in Chicago before taking ...

Note: A previous version of this story ran in December 2023. In the 1920s and ’30s, Chicago was home for the burgeoning Black aviation community, a place of opportunity that was central to Black ...

And Feb. 21, Delaney donned a vintage pilot helmet, goggles, bomber jacket and boots, embodying Bessie Coleman for first graders at Gateway’s Ramsey Elementary. Elizabeth Coleman, better known ...

Langston University President Ruth Ray Jackson's investiture was held Friday, with Jackson calling it "a reflection of our ...

Nearly 70 students at a Flint elementary school took on the roles of notable figures in Black history this week for the ...