Bessie Coleman

Like Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman had to fight hard to prove to people that she was capable of being a pilot. What was different in her case was that she was not just a woman, but she was an African-American woman. She had two prejudices to overcome. To find more books about African-Americans who overcame great obstacles take a look at the Black History Month feature and the features about African Americans in the biographies section.