Self Determination: The Bessie Coleman Story

   

Tammy as  Bessie Coleman

Ms. Richardson as Bessie Coleman

As Bessie Coleman, Ms. Richardson, takes you on a journey into the world of the First Negro Aviatrix. You will take an international voyage that begins in the segregated south of the United States, where cotton was king and Jim Crow ruled underneath white sheets, where the color of your skin could determine whether you lived or died.


Your journey ends in Paris, France, where self-determination -- not skin color or gender -- is what truly matters.
Bessie Coleman, ca. 1922

Tammy as Bessie Coleman
Ms. Richardson as Bessie Coleman

 

2007 Historical Firsts