BESSIE COLEMAN WAS BORN JANUARY 26, 1892.

SHE WAS
BORN IN ATLANTA TEXAS. SHE GOT HER EDUCATION IN
LANGSTON UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA. SHE BECAME
INTERESTED IN AVIATION BY LISTENING TO AND READING
STORIES OF WORLD WAR 1 PILOTS. THE ISSUE THAT SHE
FACED WAS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE AND GENDER.
BESSIE COLEMAN SET THE RECORD CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
IN 14 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES. THE REWARD SHE GOT WAS
A AVIATION'S PILOT'S LICENSE. THE PLANE THAT BESSIE
COLMAN FLEW IN WAS A CURTISS JENNY BIPLANE. BESSIE
COLEMAN IS FAMOUS FOR BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN WOMAN, AND THE FIRST WOMAN OF NATIVE-
AMERICAN DESCENT, TO HOLD A PILOT'S
LICENSE. BESSIE COLMAN DIED BY NOT HAVING HER
SEATBELT ON AND THROWN OUT OF THE PLAE AND
PLUNGED TO HER DEATH. ONE FUN FACT ABOUT BESSIE
COLMAN IS SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN IN THE
WORLD TO EARN A PILOT'S LICENSE. ANOTHER FUN FACT
ABOUT BESSIE COLEMAN IS SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR
HER STUNT FLYING AND ARIEL TRICKS. THE THIRD FU FACT
ABOUT ABOUT BESSIE COLEMAN IS SHE HELPED BREAK
BARRIERS FOR AFRICA- AMERICANS AND WOMAN ALIKE