By running Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars, Coleman’s great-niece is helping provide resources to underprivileged students while teaching others about her great-aunt’s achievements.
Link copiedIt’s been over 100 years since Bessie Coleman took her first public flight in the U.S., and now she is finally getting the recognition she deserves.the 100th anniversary of that flight by Coleman, the first Black woman and the first Native American to receive a pilot’s license, with an all-Black female crew on a flight from Phoenix to Dallas.
In hopes of keeping Bessie’s legacy alive, her family is finding ways to keep her name from fading. Gigi Coleman’s mother and grandmother petitioned the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee under the Postmaster General to get Bessie’s face on a postage stamp, a request that was fulfilled in 1995 with the issuing of thestamp.
Born in 1892, Bessie Coleman received her international pilot’s license in 1921 in France following herfor being a woman and for being Black. After acquiring her license, Coleman lived out her career doing flight shows and standing up for equal rights. While her great-aunt helped open doors for Black women in aviation, Bessie’s achievements weren’t widely recognized at the time, Gigi Coleman said.
Coleman also said her great-aunt “felt that in the sky was the only place that she felt freedom because she couldn’t feel it on the ground,” because of the racism and sexism she faced as a Black woman. Coleman tragically died in 1926 at 34 from an aviation accident., a nonprofit organization helping high school students explore opportunities in aviation by providing programming in science, technology and math while also granting scholarships for college.
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All-Black women crew operates American Airlines flight from Dallas in honor of Bessie ColemanAn all-Black female crew operated an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix in honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.
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All-Black women crew operates American Airlines flight from Dallas in honor of Bessie ColemanAn all-Black female crew operated an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix in honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.
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