After reading about the death of Bessie Coleman, the two were inspired to move to Chicago and apply to attend the Curtiss-Wright School of Aviation. They were the masterminds who built their own ...

Bessie Coleman was one of the first women in America ... As first victim of Chicago’s 1919 race riots finally receives a grave marker, here’s a look at other notable people buried in Lincoln ...

In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the ...

Speaking at Thursday's memorial service ... bringing to life the story of pioneering Black female aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn't know the story. I didn't know it until she told it in the ...