Bessie coleman quotes in the chicago defender
Bessie coleman quotes in the chicago defender newspaper...
Bessie Coleman Wrote History A Century Ago Refusing To Let Racism Win
Bessie Coleman is often remembered for a quote about never taking no for an answer.
But there is more to the first Black and Native American woman to earn a pilot license, overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges along the way.
Bessie coleman quotes in the chicago defender
She left her home and country behind to pursue her dreams, and when she returned she died flying to open the skies to Black people.
Bessie Coleman was born on January 26, 1893 (many sources say 1892) in Atlanta, Texas and even from an early age, every step of her life was towards her dreams.
She was born to Susan and George Coleman into a sizable family with 12 siblings. Her father, George, had Cherokee grandparents. When she was still just a toddler the Coleman family moved to Waxahachie, about 30 miles south of Dallas.
There, the family worked by picking cotton and washing clothes.
In 1900, Coleman’s father left Texas for Oklahoma, an area tha