April 30
On April 30, 1926, Bessie Coleman died at the age of 34.
In 1926, Bessie Coleman died in a plane crash during a test flight. Many African American leaders attended her funeral including Ida B. Wells.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to receive a pilot’s license.
Sources
A&E Networks Television. (n.d.). Biography.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023, from https://www.biography.com/crime/bessie-coleman-death
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