Meet the woman who became a United Airlines pilot at 50 after 20 years as a journalist and brand executive - Carole Hopson ...

Bessie Coleman was the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license. She was known for her flying stunt work, as well as encouraging women and African Americans to pursue their dreams.

All-Black female airline crew honors Bessie Coleman 01:34. Phoenix — An American Airlines flight recently made history when, for the first time in the carrier's 96-year existence, everyone ...

Bessie Coleman was born to sharecroppers in Texas on January 26, 1892. She was one of 13 siblings, and like the rest of ...

Explore the inspiring life and mysterious death of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman pilot, and her lasting impact on aviation history.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew.

In flight school, Coleman learned piloting and navigating skills as well as some aerobatic maneuvers that were popular in air shows. She earned her pilot certificate in June 1921 from the Fédération ...

Barbie officially announced the launch of its Bessie Coleman doll, part of its “Inspiring Women” series, in honor of both her January 26 birthday and Black History Month’s imminent beginning.

On Aug. 8, American Airlines operated a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Phoenix, with an all-Black female crew. The flight was in honor of Bessie Coleman, who became the first Black woman to earn ...

On June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman, the daughter of a woman who had once been enslaved in Texas, earned a brevet, a pilot’s license, from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, securing ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The DuSable Black History Museum is honoring Bessie Coleman. She was the first African American and Native American woman pilot. She'll also be the sixth woman featured on a U.S ...

No aviation schools in America would teach Bessie Coleman how to fly in the 1920s. So, she sailed to France and became the first African American and the first Native American woman to earn a ...