Bessie Coleman made the last payment on her new airplane and arranged for the second-hand Jenny to be flown to Jacksonville, Florida, site of her next air show. “Brave Bessie” was born in 1893 less ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman ... When Coleman turned 23 she headed to Chicago to live with two of her older brothers, hoping to make something of herself.

Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas on January 26, 1892. She was one of 13 siblings, and like the rest of ...