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Bessie Coleman, American Aviator

Bessie Coleman in tailor made officer's uniform posed standing on the running board of a Ford Model T automobile with nose and right wing of her Curtiss JN-4 Jenny to her left, 1922. Bessie Coleman (1892 - 1926) was an African-American civil aviator. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was black and a woman. She learned French, traveled to Paris, and in 1921, became the first woman of African-American descent to earn an international aviation license. No photographer credited, 1922.

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Bessie Coleman, American Aviator

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Bessie Coleman in tailor made officer's uniform posed standing on the running board of a Ford Model T automobile with nose and right wing of her Curtiss JN-4 Jenny to her left, 1922. Bessie Coleman (1892 - 1926) was an African-American civil aviator. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was black and a woman. She learned French, traveled to Paris, and in 1921, became the first woman of African-American descent to earn an international aviation license. No photographer credited, 1922.

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BESSIE COLEMAN

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Album / Science Source / National Air and Space Museum

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4200 x 3194 px | 38.4 MB

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35.6 x 27.0 cm | 14.0 x 10.6 in (300 dpi)

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