Sports & Adventure Biography, African American Biography & Memoir, General & Miscellaneous Biography, Women's Biography, Women's Biography, Sports & Adventure Biography, Aviation, African American Biography
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Overview
Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 1995
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Pages
172
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781560986188