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Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman

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By Philip S. Hart
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group - (Carolrhoda Books)
Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman
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The author of Flying Free Americas First Black Aviators ( C. 1992) turns his focus here to Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to obtain a pilots license. Bessie Coleman saved her tips as a manicurist on Chicagos South Side in order to scrape together the money for pilot training in France, where prejudice against women and blacks was not as widespread. Obtaining her license in 1921, Bessie was soon making exhibition flights in the U.S. But before she could realize her dream of starting a school for black aviators, Bessie died tragically in a plane crash in 1926. Readers will be inspired by this courageous womans life story.

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10748 words10,748 words
80 pages80 pages
Lexile 950LLexile 950L
Published 1996Published 1996

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9780761358367

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