The Bessie Coleman Flying the Blues Blog takes a look at the life of pioneering aviatrix Bessie Coleman. She was admired for her death defying skills as an airshow barnstormer. Because of her race, Bessie had to go to France to receive flight training where she earn an international pilots license. Coleman died in 1926 in a plane crash in Jacksonville, FL on April 30th. Coleman's dream of opening a school inspired her followers to form the schools that trained the Tuskegee Airmen.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Black Newspaper Report on Bessie in Jacksonville Florida
This was one of the Black newspapers in Jacksonville, Florida that ran a story several years after Bessie Coleman died...
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