In celebration of the legendary aviator’s birthday, Powell and Coleman’s family recently launched a trailer for the documentary, Discovering Bessie Coleman and the biography, Queen of the Skies.

Bessie Coleman was one of ... The Jenny turned over, dropping Coleman out of the aircraft at around 2,000 feet. She plummeted to the ground and died. Wills was killed in the ensuing crash.

Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on ... aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn’t know the story. I didn’t know it until she told it in the ...

Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age ... of pioneering ...

Its release would be marked with sadness as LaFaro tragically died in a car accident just ten days after ... but in 1959 that is exactly what multi-instrumentalist and band leader Ornette Coleman did.

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 ...

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 ...