Bessie Coleman - the First African-American Pilot

On June 15, 1921, Texas-born Bessie Coleman took to the sky in her airplane - and in the process, became the first black woman and first Native American to earn a pilot's license in the United States. In this episode, we look at this aviation pioneer.

Sources

Cradle of Aviation Museum: https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/women-in-aviation/bessie-coleman.html

Saturday Evening Post: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/02/the-high-flying-feats-of-bessie-coleman/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bessie_Coleman_in_1923.jpg

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