Bessie Coleman - Wikipedia
Elizabeth Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) [ 2 ] was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ][ 9 ] and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. [ …
Biography: Bessie Coleman - National Women's History Museum
Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American, woman pilot. Known for performing flying tricks, Coleman’s nicknames were; “Brave Bessie,” “Queen Bess,” and “The Only Race Aviatrix in the World.”
Bessie Coleman | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Sep 9, 2024 · Bessie Coleman, American aviator and a star of early aviation exhibitions and air shows. In 1921 she became the first American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license, and in 1922 she flew the first public flight by an African American woman in America.
Bessie Coleman - Quotes, Death & Facts“You’ve never ... - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public flight in America. Her high-flying skills always wowed her audience.
Bessie Coleman - National Air and Space Museum
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. In the 1920s, getting a pilot's license as a Black woman in the United States was impossible; so Coleman moved to France to get her flying certification.
Bessie Coleman: The Story Of America's First Black Female Pilot
Dec 18, 2021 · In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first Black woman in America to be awarded a pilot’s license. Coleman’s journey to the cockpit, however, was no breeze. Based on her gender and color, Coleman was denied admission to all the aviation schools she applied to in the United States.
Bessie Coleman | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and...
Bessie Coleman | Pioneers of Flight - Smithsonian Institution
For the African American community, Bessie Coleman became an enduring symbol of how a talented and highly motivated person could seek out a career in aviation. Coleman broke through the headwinds of racial prejudice as a barnstorming pilot at air shows in the 1920s.
For Pilot Bessie Coleman, Every ‘No’ Got Her Closer to ‘Yes’
Jan 21, 2022 · Once again, Bessie Coleman —the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license just over a century ago, on June 15, 1921—experienced the exhilaration of soaring through the skies.
Celebrating the Centennial of Bessie Coleman as the First …
Jun 15, 2021 · One-hundred years ago, Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Her remarkable journey reflects the racist and sexist struggles many faced across the nation, and worldwide, in the 1920s—both in the air and on the ground.