Bessie Coleman: Flying the Blues

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.

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Bessie Coleman Flying the Blues - A Short Film by Opio Sokoni

Bessie Coleman Flying the Blues

Short film by Opio Sokoni

PART 2

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eBook: Bessie Coleman Flying the Blues

Monday, May 6, 2013

Bessie Coleman Statute at Jax International Airport

Headed to the Jax International Airport to talk to them about a statute or bust of Bessie Coleman to be placed there. Another airport here (Craig's Executive Airport) is where I rented a hangar to do the Bessie Coleman research several years ago. That airport has a street named after Amelia Earhart (who idolized Queen Bess). www.poli-tainment.com

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