Bessie Coleman came back from France a century ago, having realized her dream. A manicurist in a Chicago barbershop, she returned from that trip as the first African American woman airplane pilot and possessed by a mission to share what she’d learned: “In the air there is no prejudice,” she said. Considering the racial hatreds … Continue reading That road O’Hare is on? It’s named for Bessie Coleman, who 100 years ago became the first Black woman pilot in America