NASM Coleman was just 34 when she died, never achieving her lifelong dream of training a new generation of Black pilots. But her legacy as an aviator would touch many lives.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The Fly Oz Club invited the great-niece of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold a pilot's license, to tell Bessie's story during their Women of Aviation ...

The new Bessie Coleman Inspiring Women Doll is available from multiple retailers, including Amazon, Target and the Mattel Shop. For ages 6 and up, it is priced at $35. Mattel ...

February 10, 2025 at 10:00 am CST She was called “Brave Bessie” or “Queen Bess.” Decades after her death, aviators still remembered her name. Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman in ...

Willa Brown (1906-1992) worked as a teacher before moving to Chicago in 1932. She developed a love for flying after meeting Johnny Robinson and spending time with the black aviators at Harlem Airport.

There have been many aviation clubs named after her, such as the Bessie Coleman Aero Club, which began in the 1930s, and Bessie Coleman Aviators, which began in Chicago in the 1970s, according to ...

There have been many aviation clubs named after her, such as the Bessie Coleman Aero Club, which began in the 1930s, and Bessie Coleman Aviators, which began in Chicago in the 1970s, according to ...

More than 100 years ago, Bessie Coleman took to Long Island skies in a borrowed plane — and made another ascent into history. In September 1922, Coleman became the nation’s first Black woman ...

The Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars travel across the country to share her achievements and artifacts. Gigi Coleman-Brooms, Bessie’s great-niece, told visitors the journey of Coleman’s ...

Coleman especially saw flight as a path toward broader gender and racial equality. "I knew we had no aviators, neither men nor women, and I knew the Race needed to be represented along this most ...