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Looking Closely: Bessie Coleman

December 21, 2021

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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Bessie Coleman

May 19, 2020

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STEAM Second with Reeve Lindbergh and Bessie Coleman

January 22, 2016

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman license

Bessie Coleman license

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman Aero Club; William Powell

Bessie Coleman Aero Club; William Powell

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman

Book cover for a children's book about Bessie Coleman with an illustration of a biplane flying above a town.

Book Cover: Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman

Coleman with a Financial Backer

Coleman with a Financial Backer

A black and white image of a young woman in flight gear standing on the wheel of her aircraft.

Bessie Coleman with her Jenny

Portrait of Bessie Coleman with a pilot headgear and goggles

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman Reenactment

Bessie Coleman Reenactment

Passport book cover of Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman - Passport

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman's FAI license

Bessie Coleman - FAI License

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National Air and Space Museum

650 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC

Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

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