Meet Bessie Coleman -- A new start -- A dream of flight -- Taking off! -- Brave Bess.
Summary:
Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
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