City Council to
Present Resolution Honoring Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman
A resolution honoring aviatrix pioneer Bessie Coleman will
be presented by the Jacksonville City Council. We are asking that you come out
and support this historical recognition. Bessie “Queen Bess” Coleman was the
first Black female aviatrix. She received an international pilot’s license from
France and learned to stunt fly in Germany. Bessie was flung from her airplane
at 2,000 feet up on April 30, 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida - one day before an
airshow she was to headline.
The information for this occasion is as follows:
DATE: Tuesday August 27, 2013
TIME: 5pm
PLACE: Jacksonville City Council Chambers at 117
West Duval St., Suite 425
To have a seat reserved, please contact Opio Sokoni at
politainment1@gmail.com. Call or text him at 904-422-6078. To keep up with the
latest on our efforts to properly honor Bessie Coleman (e.g., Statue at the
Jacksonville, International Airport), go to the blog at http://bessiecolemanflyingtheblues.blogspot.com.