The Daredevil Aviatrix That History Forgot

Emily Buder, The Atlantic: Video
Wed, 03/04/2020 - 12:59pm

Bessie Coleman wanted more out of life. Her parents were sharecroppers in rural Texas, and she had spent her childhood picking cotton and doing laundry for white people. It was 1915. Opportunities were scarce for African Americans—let alone women of color. If Coleman wanted more, she realized, she had to go north.

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