Bessie coleman death
When did bessie coleman get her pilot license.
“The air is the only place free from prejudices. I knew we had no aviators, neither men nor women, and I knew the Race needed to be represented along this most important line, so I thought it my duty to risk my life to learn aviation.” – Bessie Coleman
Biography
Bessie Coleman was born into poverty in Atlanta, Texas, in 1892 to a Black mother and a Black and Native American father.
At the age of six, she began her studies in a segregated, one-room school, a four-mile walk from her home.
Why did bessie coleman go to france to learn to fly
She studied at this school for eight years, thriving as a math student and developing a love for reading.
When she was nine, her father left the family. And while Bessie continued her studies, she had to pick cotton and wash clothes to help earn money for the now fatherless family.
Throughout her teen years, Bessie was able to save a little money, and at eighteen, she began college.
Her funds, however, were only good for one term, so she dropped out. But it was here in college that she