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 discrimination.

Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas ... Black newspaper The Chicago Defender and one of the first African ...

Chamberlain, the National Chair of the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars. "Her dream has been fulfilled. From the bottom up, African-American women are doing it in the field of aviation and aerospace.

has released a documentary trailer and book biography in collaboration with the family of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American and Native American woman to earn an international pilot's license.

it is Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license, who is usually remembered as the one who opened the skies to African-American aviators. Less well known is Cornelius Coffey ...