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Bessie Coleman

First African American Female Pilot

By: Emma Roberts

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Bessie Coleman was born on January 26, 1892. She was one out of 13 children born in Atlanta Texas. Bessie Coleman died May 1st, of 1926. She was the first African American Women to get her pilots license.

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