Bessie Coleman (1892-1926), the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Texas, spent her childhood picking cotton. ... Her parents were African American sharecroppers, ...

But Coleman was not content to be a window prize. One day, her older brother John, a World War I veteran, came into the barbershop and proclaimed that Black women would never be able to fly airplanes.

She was born into extreme poverty on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas. Coleman’s parents, George and Susan, were sharecroppers who, in trying to provide for their thirteen children ...

For Pilot Bessie Coleman, Every ‘No’ Got Her Closer to ‘Yes’ Despite fierce obstacles in her path, the Black female aviator became a hero that would pave the way for generations to come ...

Bessie Coleman (she sometimes used the name Elizabeth) was born in Atlanta, Tex., on Jan. 26, 1892, to Susan and George Coleman. Her parents worked as day laborers, farmers and cotton pickers.

Bessie Coleman wanted more out of life. Her parents were sharecroppers in rural Texas, and she had spent her childhood picking cotton and doing laundry for white people. It was 1915.

Gigi Coleman will give a talk on February 15 at the International Women's Air and Space Museum about her great-aunt Bessie Coleman, the first American black woman to earn a pilot's license and who ...

ATLANTA — Noa Lewis wanted her book report to be special. It’s turned out to be life-changing. She was so excited to write about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman pilot, but ...

Amaze Yourself With the Unbelievable Story of Bessie Coleman, ... Coleman, herself born to sharecropper parents in slavery’s shadow, took that promise of freedom airborne.