Bessy Coleman was the first African American to earn an international pilot's license. She was the first African American woman to fly. The book is a short biography from her childhood in Texas, to her work in Chicago, to her flight training in France and Germany, to her career as a flight instructo...
Phyllis J. Perry
Paperback
52
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
1508543488
9781508543480
9
Soar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights.Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could & couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let t...
Nikki Grimes
Hardcover
48
Orchard Books
0439352436
9780439352437
6
Stock up for Black History Month and Women's History Month!As a young black woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman's chances of becoming a pilot were slim. But she never let her dream die and became the first licensed African-American aviator. Reeve Lindbergh honors her memory with a poem that sings of ...
Reeve Lindbergh
Paperback
32
Candlewick
0763603619
9780763603618
5
She was the black Amelia Earhart.Back in the 1920s planes were made of wood and cloth held together with wire. And back then everyone knew blacks couldn't fly, and neither could women. But this spunky black woman from the cotton fields of Texas did loops above the Eiffel Tower, walked on wings above...
John B. Holway
Kindle Edition
28
Miniver Press
2
When documenting history historians tend to stay away from terms such as “most or all” because very seldom are those words appropriate. However, in the case of Ms. Bessie Coleman the title of most-influential Black pilot (male or female) is more than appropriate.
Guy Franklin
Kindle Edition
80
8
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Bessie Coleman was forced to travel to France to fulfill her dream of earning a pilot's license. She became the first African American woman to do so, and whether she was wing-walking, giving a speech, parachuting, or flying, Coleman inspired people with her br...
Sally M. Walker
Paperback
48
Carolrhoda Books
0876141033
9780876141038
3
When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school -- not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money. She wanted to be somebody significant in the world. So Bessie did everything she could to learn under the most challenging of circumstances. At the end of every day in the...
Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger
Perfect Paperback
40
Aladdin
0689864620
9780689864629
1
A biography telling the story of Bessie Coleman, who became the first African American women to earn a pilot's license. Written in graphic-novel format.
Trina Robbins
Paperback
32
Capstone Press
073687903X
9780736879033
4