Bessie Coleman Made History 100 Years Ago Today
Bessie Coleman Made History 100 Years Ago Today Bessie Coleman Made History 100 Years Ago Today One hundred years ago on June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman and the first woman of Native American descent to earn a pilot’s license. The license was issued by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the aviation licensing body of Europe — Bessie moved to France to learn to fly because the skies weren’t open to her as a Black woman in the United States. Bessie Coleman, byname of Elizabeth Coleman, (born January 26, 1892, Atlanta, Texas, U.S.—...