Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman was famous because . . .

• She died in 1926.

• She was smart and determined.

• She grew up with discrimination.

• She was the first African American woman to fly.

All made Bessie's childhood difficult EXCEPT . . .

• She grew up with discrimination.

• She was a very good math student.

• She walked 4 miles to and from school.

• Her whole family worked in cotton fields.

Why did Bessie go to France?

• to learn French

• to go to flight school

• to meet Robert Abbott, a publisher

• to sail on a ship

Bessie Coleman ________________ young African-Americans to become pilots.

• remembered

• discriminated against

• inspired

• made

Why could Bessie not find someone in America to teach her to fly? 

• She did not have enough money to pay for the lessons.
• Her grades were not good enough to become a pilot.
• No one would teach her because of her skin color.
• She was a woman.

What did Bessie have to do BEFORE she went to France? 

• find an apartment
• learn to speak French
• learn to fly a plane by herself
• find someone to teach her how to fly

Bessie Coleman grew up in a time of discrimination. What does discrimination mean?

• Treating one group of people in an unfair way
• To be very poor
• Very little education
• Equality for all people

What city did Bessie move to after college with her brothers?

• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• Dallas
• Waxahachie

The selection is nonfiction because it-

• Is about a pilot

• Is about a fake person

• It could never happen

• It is a biography about a real person

Where was Bessie Coleman born?

• Atlanta Texas

• South Carolina

• North Carolina