Bessie Coleman

I refused to take no for an answer.

If I can create the minimum of my plans and desires, there shall be no regrets.

I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.

The air is the only place free from prejudices.

The air is the only place free from prejudice.

You've never lived till you've flown!