Bessie Coleman was the first black woman pilot to fight racism and sexism to earn her license in 1921 inspiring future aviators worldwide. Thanks to Jada Carson, a 12th grader at Airline High ...

Aviation trailblazer Captain Beth Powell, founder of Queen B Production LLC, has released a documentary trailer and book biography in collaboration with the family of Bessie Coleman, the first African ...

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 ...

Note: A previous version of this story ran in December 2023. In the 1920s and ’30s, Chicago was home for the burgeoning Black aviation community, a place of opportunity that was central to Black ...

Here are their inspiring stories. Bessie Coleman was one of the first women in America to pilot an airplane, and, she claimed, the first Black woman aviator. A manicurist in Chicago before taking ...

A red alert needs to be raised on American progress as a war is waged against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Diverse ...

In a state so often bitterly divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they ...

Don Gaetz recalled racing out of a meeting with the then-House speaker to witness Thompson bringing to life the story of pioneering Black female aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn’t know the story.