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Elizabeth (or Bessie) Coleman was born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas, the tenth of 13 children of George Coleman, an African American who may have had Cherokee or Choctaw grandparents, and Susan Coleman, who was African American. Nine of the children survived childhood, which was typical for the time.
Born in Atlanta, Texas on January 26, 1892, Bessie Coleman had twelve brothers and sisters. Her mother, Susan Coleman, was an African American maid, and her father George Coleman was a sharecropper of mixed Native American and African American descent. In 1901, her father decided to move back to Oklahoma to try to escape discrimination.
Apr 30, 2024 · Bessie Coleman (born January 26, 1892, Atlanta, Texas, U.S.—died April 30, 1926, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American aviator and a star of early aviation exhibitions and air shows. One of 13 children, Coleman grew up in Waxahatchie, Texas, where her mathematical aptitude freed her from working in the cotton fields.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Bessie Coleman was an American aviator and the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license. Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to ...
Dec 18, 2021 · Elizabeth Coleman was born the 10th of 12 children in rural Texas on January 26, 1892. Her mother was Black and her father was Black and Cherokee — which made Bessie Coleman the first woman of Native American descent to take to the skies in America, as well.
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Dec 11, 2019 · Bessie Coleman (she sometimes used the name Elizabeth) was born in Atlanta, Tex., on Jan. 26, 1892, to Susan and George Coleman. Her parents worked as day laborers, farmers and cotton pickers.
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Elizabeth Coleman (born 1937) was the ninth president of Bennington College from 1987 to 2013. [1] [2] [3] Coleman also served as the founding Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The New School for Social Research .
