Less than a year later, she returned home as the first Black woman and the first Native American woman pilot in aviation history. Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas on January 26 ...

STATEN ISLAND N.Y.— At just 12 years old, Kamora Freeland dreamed of becoming a pilot. Now, at 17, she has earned her pilot’s ...

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.

The Associated Press got ahold of a database with the targeted images, most of which focus on women ... pilot who escorted bombers in World War II, and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first ...

VALERIE, YOU WERE AS THEY ARE SETTING UP THEIR EVENTS. TODAY IS BESSIE COLEMAN DAY. SHE'S THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO HOLD A PILOTS LICENSE THE FLY OZ CLUB AT THADEN ...