I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.
"Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman" was an American civil aviator. She was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African-American descent to hold an Pilot licensing and certification/international pilot license.
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