Who is Bessie Coleman?

Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot (Graphic Biographies) by Trina Robbins

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Bessie more...1 point

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Bessie Coleman, the daring stunt pilot.1 point

Fly High! The Story Of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger

Besse Coleman was born in rural Texas in 1892. She more...1 point

Besse Coleman was born in rural Texas in 1892. She loved school, especially learning about numbers, and she was a good reader, too. Yet when it was time to pick cotton she had to work in the fields instead of going to school. Nevertheless, she was determined to be somebody when she grew up. In her early twenties, Bessie moved to Chicago. Perhaps there she could "find a bigger life." In the city, Bessie heard many tales of World War I from returned veterans. She also heard there were woman airplane...1 point

1995 BESSIE COLEMAN #2956 Plate Block of 4 x 32 cents US Postage Stamps

In 1995 the USPS issued the 18th stamp in the Blac more...1 point

In 1995 the USPS issued the 18th stamp in the Black Heritage series, this commemorative features Bessie Coleman, or "Queen Bess," as she came to be known, in her leather flight cap and goggles. Coleman was the first African-American female aviator. Born in a one-room cabin, she achieved her dream of becoming a pilot during a time when most African-Americans would not have even considered learning to fly. Coleman was killed on April 30, 1926, when the controls failed on the airplane in which she...1 point

Fly, Bessie, Fly by Lynn Joseph

Far away, far away, Up past the clouds. High away, more...1 point

Far away, far away, Up past the clouds. High away, fly away, And never come down. More than anything, Bessie Coleman wants to fly. As a small child working in a Waxahachie, Texas, cotton field, she likes to imagine she's a bird, getting ready to spread her wings and fly away. Then, when Bessie learns about the black fighter pilots of World War I, she gets the idea that maybe she really can fly. But no one in the United States will teach her how to fly a plane because she's black and a woman. So...1 point

Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly (On My Own Biography) by Sally M. Walker

Describes the life and accomplishments of Bessie C more...1 point

Describes the life and accomplishments of Bessie Coleman, who overcame racism and poverty to become the first African American woman pilot.1 point

The Ladies Sing the Blues

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Follow Your Dreams - The Bessie Coleman Story

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Bessie Coleman: First Black Woman Pilot (African-American Biographies) by Connie Plantz

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Bessie Coleman (First Biographies) by Braun, Eric

Text and photographs present the life of Bessie Co more...1 point

Text and photographs present the life of Bessie Coleman and how she became the first African American women to earn a pilot's license.1 point

Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Sky (Sunshine Nonfiction, Level I) by Linda Johns

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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh

As a young woman in the 1920s, Bessie Coleman's ch more...1 point

As a young 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. In "Nobody Owns the Sky", Reeve Lindbergh honors Coleman's memory with a poem that sings of her accomplishment. Full color Ages 6-9. Pub: 1/98. .1 point

Bessie Coleman (Just the Facts Biographies) by Philip S. Hart, Martha Cosgrove

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Bessie Coleman: The Brownskin Lady Bird (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Elizabeth Freydberg

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Lifting As She Climbed: Bessie Coleman's Contributions to the Elevation of Black Women by Edward DeV. Bunn Jr.

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Women Explorers of the Air: Jacqueline Cochran, Bessie Coleman, Beryl Markham, Harriet Quimby, Amelia Earhart (Capstone Short Biographies) by Margo McLoone, Jacquelyn L. Beyer

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Talkin About Bessie (The Story About Elizabeth Coleman) by Nikki Grimes

The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman1 point

She Dared to Fly: Bessie Coleman (Benchmark Biographies) by Dolores Johnson

A biography of the woman who became the first lice more...1 point

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.1 point

Bessie Coleman by Bruce Brager

In 1921 few people knew how to fly a plane. That y more...1 point

In 1921 few people knew how to fly a plane. That year, Bessie Coleman became the first African-American woman to earn an international pilot's license.1 point