DID YOU KNOW? for June 3 – June 16, 2025

Bessie Coleman, (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was the first American woman to obtain an international pilot's license. Because Colemanwas born in Texas during the discriminatory Jim Crow era and was of African American and Native American descent, she had to go to France to attend aviation school. Coleman returned to the United States after completing her studies and became a stunt pilot. Tragically, she was killed in 1926 during an aerial show rehearsal. Learn more about Bessie Coleman here.