Bessie Smith was a popular and successful American blues singer in the 1920s and 30s, known as the “Empress of the Blues”. She began street singing at a young age to support her family and later became a dancer and singer. She signed with Columbia Records in 1923 and continued to tour with other blues […]
Bessie Coleman, born in 1892 in Texas, was a black woman of Native American and African American ancestry. She overcame poverty and discrimination to become the first black woman pilot, obtaining her license in France. She became a celebrity and symbol of women’s rights, and her legacy lives on through the Bessie Coleman Aero Club. […]
