Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Early 20th-century America didn’t offer many career paths to people like Bessie Coleman. It was a time when women were ...

Powell, who made history in 2022 when she led ... the world.” Coleman earned her license from the Caudron Brothers School of ...