Powell says the documentary and book projects allow her to 'join the ranks of those passionately bringing her legacy to a ...

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

The Fly Oz Club invited the great-niece of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold a pilot's license, to tell Bessie's story during their Women of Aviation Week at Thaden Field in ...

Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in Florida’s capitol on Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Students at Paxon School for Advanced Studies gathered on Tuesday to pay tribute to Bessie Coleman, a pioneering figure in aviation history. Coleman holds the distinction of ...

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 ...

Don Gaetz recalled racing out of a meeting with the then-House speaker to witness Thompson bringing to life the story of pioneering Black female aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn’t know the story.