Bessie Coleman: boundary-breaking pilot
Jonny Wilkes delves into the life of the fearless female aviator who refused to be held back by discrimination, and who did her utmost to ensure that other people of colour could follow in her footsteps
While working as a manicurist in Chicago in 1919, twentysomething Bessie Coleman decided what she wanted to do with her life: fly. She had heard about heroic World War I aces and deathdefying aviators wowing crowds with their aerobatic antics, and desperately wanted to be part of it. The chances of
