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Bessie Coleman
5 quotes
“That’s it… You just called it for me!”
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every no takes me closer to a yes.”
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was black, I was female, and I wanted to fly. We used to pick cotton in Texas, and I'd look up and think, If we're going to better ourselves, we've got to get above these cotton fields.”
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I read everything I could get my hands on about aviating," she later recalled. "Some of the libraries wouldn't let black girls who picked cotton borrow books, but the books I wanted were about piloting, and folks were so surprised they let me have them anyway.”
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I have faced," Coleman said. "So I decided to open a flying school and teach other Black women to fly. For accidents may happen and there would be someone to take my place”
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source