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While the Tuskegee Airmen have become icons in the history of American aviation, fewer people know the story of Bessie ...
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American ... Coleman decided to learn to fly in France. Coleman learned French at a Berlitz school in the Chicago loop, withdrew the savings she had ...
Coleman earned her license from the Caudron Brothers School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France, in 1921. “Brave Bessie” was known for her daredevil flying tricks in the sky like the “loop-the ...