Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman ... It was soldiers returning from World War I with wild tales of flying exploits who first interested Coleman in aviation.

Coleman earned her license from the Caudron Brothers School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France, in 1921. “Brave Bessie” was ...

Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas ... Chicagoans living near Lincoln Cemetery have likely heard the sounds of jets flying overhead on April 30. Every year on the anniversary ...

Monroeville resident Susan Frazier Delaney is no stranger to dressing like well-known historical figures, particularly strong ...

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

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 flying lessons in France shortly ...

Coleman’s flying stunts were a sight to see and would ... a mechanical issue with the plane caused it to crash throwing Bessie Coleman from the plane to her death. (Courtesy Mitch Hemann ...

Bessie Coleman Drive at O’Hare International Airport ... tried her hand at politics. Despite reportedly flying first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Brown withdraw her support for President Franklin ...