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 ...

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 ...

Women’s History Month began as a way to honor women’s contributions throughout time. It was meant to commemorate their “firsts” and perhaps more importantly, to inspire future generations of ladies to ...

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 ...

Don Gaetz recalled racing out of a meeting with the then-House speaker to witness Thompson bringing to life the story of ...

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

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.