Join GPS for another Thursday edition of Take 5 as he shares about pilot Bessie Coleman, 1st African American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot’s license. Our musical pairing is “Baby I Need Your Lovin’,” by Brian and Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier, as performed by the Four Tops.
Learn More
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/obituaries/bessie-coleman-overlooked.html?auth=login-google
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/flygirls-bessie-coleman/
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