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\nBessie Coleman: the First African American Pilot\n

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\nBessie Coleman was one of 13 children born to Susan and George Coleman, who both worked as sharecroppers. In 1915, at 23 years old, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. It was there she...\nBessie Coleman was one of 13 children born to Susan and George Coleman, who both worked as sharecroppers.

In 1915, at 23 years old, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist.
It was there she began listening to and reading stories of World War I pilots, which sparked her interest in aviation.

Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to France, earning her license from France's well-known Caudron Brother's School of Aviation in just seven months.\n
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Social Studies & History
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\nThe Black History Buff\n\n
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2020
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