No aviation schools in America would teach Bessie Coleman how to fly in the 1920s. So, she sailed to France and became the ...

Coleman was the first African American and Native American female pilot. She earned her license in 1921. To honor Coleman, students from several Louisville public schools and Simmons attended an ...

She hoped that something in this landscape — the green hillside, the barren winter trees, the little cove — might help pry loose memories of the plane crash and her life before it. All she ...

One of 13 children born to two Texas sharecroppers, Bessie Coleman had a long way to go ... Sadly, she died when an engine problem in her plane caused her to fall to her death in 1926.

Bessie attended the Church of the Nazarene. Bessie was a true Christian and her love for the Lord was unwavering. Her faith was the cornerstone of her life. Bessie served as a caregiver to ...

The difference in her between now and her first two seasons might be surprising. “I want it more,” Coleman said Friday at the inaugural Her-Story Maker Wrestling Tournament at the Fayette ...

The plane itself has disintegrated in midair; just the bench seat remained. The night before, Koepcke had been traveling with her mother from Lima to Pucallpa aboard LANSA Flight 508. The women ...

Mary Page Coleman Taylor, 94, of Cuckoo passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 68 years, W. C. Taylor; her parents, Byrd and Helen Hiter Coleman; ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Mrs. Bessie Mae Cherry Jackson, 92, of Youngstown, transitioned to her heavenly home on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Mrs. Jackson was born May 14 ...