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BESSIE COLEMAN  1892-1926
FIRST LICENSED BLACK WOMAN PILOT
 
Bessie Coleman, born in Texas, was a pioneering pilot who was denied admission to American aviation schools.
 
She learned French and went to Europe where she took lessons from French and German aviators and learned to fly the German Fokker plane.
 
In 1922, she earned an international pilot's license and became the first licensed black women pilot.
 
She became a stunt flyer where she thrilled observers and earned the title, "Brave Bessie."
 
Bessie Coleman founded a black aviation school and lectured at African-American schools.
 
 
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