In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first African-American woman and first Native American to earn an aviation pilot’s license and the first African-American person and first Native American to earn an international aviation license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This year we celebrate 100 years of the runway that Bessie paved which inspired early pilots
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MEDIA CONTACTS: Karen Durham 312-846-2074 kdurham@saic.edu Lori Hile 312-846-2077 lhile@saic.edu GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO TO PRESENT CHICAGO PREMIERE SCREENINGS OF BESSIE COLEMAN, FIRST BLACK AVIATRIX AS PART OF THE 25TH THE BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL Special guests include Gigi Coleman Brooms, great-niece of Bessie Coleman Chicago—As part of
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gigi Coleman is soaring where her famous great-aunt, the first American black woman to earn a pilot’s license, never flew before. Coleman, 57, of Chicago will come to the International Women’s Air and Space Museum (IWASM) at Burke Lakefront Airport on Feb. 10 for a “Dinner with a Slice of History” talk
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The letters spelling Google were rendered in the vapor trails of swooping, looping biplanes in a Doodle marking what would be the 125th birthday of aviator Bessie Coleman, Thursday. Coleman became the first female pilot of African-American descent, and also the first woman of Native American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. And she soared
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