We are spotlighting five influential women in aviation who have been inducted into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame. According to ...

After reading about the death of Bessie Coleman, the two were inspired to ... leading her to recruit women and astronauts of color for NASA. In 1967, Chicagoan Maj. Robert H.

Bessie Coleman was one of the first women in America ... that American flight schools weren’t an option due to her skin color and gender. After hearing stories about the opportunities available ...

Bessie Coleman Drive at O’Hare International Airport ... but said she was denied a position due to her skin color. Instead, Bragg and her husband Sumner found financial success after opening ...

“They were the people like Charles Lindbergh and Bessie Coleman who were breaking all ... there’s still only a very small number of people of color and women who are pilots both in the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...