"The First Female African American Pilot," January 4, 2012. Smithsonian Institution
Bessie Coleman, circa 1922. Smithsonian Institution
Bessie Coleman in her plane. George Rinhart/Corbis Historical/Getty Images
An anti-negro, Mexican and dog sign in Dallas, Texas. Library of Congress
Page Hall at the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University). Albertype Collection, OHS
Bessie Coleman's aviation license. PF-(aircraft)/Alamy Stock Photo
Bessie Coleman, January 1923. Gale in Context: High School
¨Queen Bess¨ Bessie Coleman. SDASM Archives/Creative Commons
An advertisement for the Five Blackbirds, circa 1931. Blue Sky Metropolis
Thomas Cox Allen (left) and James Herman Banning (right), October 9, 1932. National Air and Space Museum
Members of the Tuskegee Airmen, circa 1945. Toni Frissell Collection/Library of Congress
Bessie Coleman with a Curtiss JN-4 ¨Jenny¨ airplane, circa 1924. Smithsonian Institution
Bessie Coleman. National Air and Space Museum
A Curtiss JN-4 ¨Jenny¨ airplane, circa 1918. Wikia Military
A current-day image of a Curtiss JN-4D ¨Jenny¨ airplane. Smithsonian Institution
An image of Bessie Coleman visiting Berlin, Germany, circa 1925. The New York Public Library
A sign reading "Colored Waiting Room." Esther Bubley/Library of Congress
Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, circa 1925. The New York Public Library