An all-Black female crew operated an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix in honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921. The airline hosted the Bessie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oklahoma’s aeronautics industry is celebrating the legacy of Bessie Coleman, the first known Black and Native American woman in ...

DALLAS — The historical marker is easy to miss outside a Waxahachie library. It’s a roadside-sized tribute on a quiet patch of North Texas sidewalk. But the name on it belongs to a woman whose life ...

On Aug. 8, American Airlines put together a special crew on the ground and in the air for a historic flight from Texas to Arizona. Everyone involved in the flight, which went from Dallas-Fort Worth to ...

Bessie Coleman is the first Black and Native American woman to obtain an international pilot's license. Seattle area journalist and playwright Angela Poe Russell was an adult when she learned about ...

Describes the life of Bessie Coleman. Determined to open a flight school for other African Americans, "Brave Bessie" raised funds as a stunt pilot. Her life ended in a tragic accident, but not before ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — The Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum is honoring a trailblazer this week to close out Black History Month. Starting Thursday and running through Saturday, the museum is ...

Bessie Coleman’s legacy is still alive–so much that Barbie is releasing a Bessie Coleman Inspiring Women doll. This comes ahead of the late aviatrix’s birthday, which is Jan. 26, and Black History ...

The Barbie was released ahead of Black History Month and in celebration of groundbreaking aviator Bessie Coleman’s birthday. In celebration of pioneering aviator Bessie Coleman’s January 26 birthday ...