Aviation

 Bessie Coleman

(January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926)

The first black women to gain an international permit to fly.

 Bessie Coleman and her plane in 1922 [Public Domain, via Wikipedia Commons]

 

– – – Books – – –

Gates, Henry Louis, and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. 2004. African American Lives. New York: Oxford University Press.

Hart, Philip S. 2009. Up in the Air: the Story of Bessie Coleman. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group.

– – – Websites – – –

Biography.com Editors. “Bessie Coleman Biography.” The Biography.com website: A&E Television Networks, April 16, 2019.

Bessie Coleman –  American Experience – Official Site | PBS

Coleman, Bessie – National Aviation Hall of Fame: National Aviation

Bessie Coleman – National Women’s History Museum

Bessie Coleman – Wikipedia

– – – Videos – – – 

Bessie Coleman – An American Hero – [Min: 13:34]

The First Female African American Pilot – [Min: 3:06]

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