Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Juvenile Nonfiction Maturing Girls & Women Social Topics - Adolescence Embrace Who You Are as

Embrace Who You Are as a Male Black Teen

the joy in laughter with friends

and break down walls

Everything is segregated

Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Juvenile Nonfiction Maturing Girls & Women Social Topics - Adolescence Embrace Who You Are asSoar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights. Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could & couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African American female pilot.