bessie coleman was born january1893-1926 in atlanta,and died april 30 1926 jacksonvilleon june 15 1921 she became the first American woman to have an international pilot's license from the Internationale. In further training in France, she specialized in stunt flying and parachuting, her exploits were captured on films. She returned to the United States where racial and gender biases precluded her becoming a commercial pilot. Stunt flying, or barnstorming, was her only career option.Coleman staged the first public flight by an African American woman in America on Labor Day, September 3, 1922. She was a popular flier at some shows, but she refused to perform before segregated audiences in the South. Speaking at schools and churches, she encouraged blacks interest in aviation she also raised money to found a school to train black aviators. Before she could found her school, however during a rehearsal for an aerial show, the plane carrying Coleman spun out of control, catapulting her 2,000 feet to her death .she died crashing down in an air plane.
e col
eman was born january 1893-1926 in atlanta,and died april 30 1926 jacksonville on
june 15 1921 she became the first American woman to have an international pilot's license from the Internationale. In further training in France, she specialized in stunt flying and parachuting, her exploits were captured on films. She returned to the United States where racial and gender biases precluded her becoming a commercial pilot. Stunt flying, or barnstorming, was her only career option.Coleman staged the first public flight by an African American woman in America on Labor Day, September 3, 1922. She was a popular flier at some shows, but she refused to perform before segregated audiences in the South. Speaking at schools and churches, she encouraged blacks interest in aviation she also raised money to found a school to train black aviators. Before she could found her school, however during a rehearsal for an aerial show, the plane carrying Coleman spun out of control, catapulting her 2,000 feet to her death .she died crashing down in an air plane.