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Diversity Film Series: The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story


Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 7 Tartan Marketplace, Conference Room 7006ABC

Join us for a discussion and screening of the 2018 documentary, directed by Gardner Doolittle. Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields at the turn of the century to become the first Black in the world to earn an international pilots license and captured the hearts of the Black population of America.  Bessie was also one of this country’s first (and little known) civil rights activist.  

REGISTER HERE
VIEW TRAILER HERE

Diversity Film Series: The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story


Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 7 Tartan Marketplace, Conference Room 7006ABC

Join us for a discussion and screening of the 2018 documentary, directed by Gardner Doolittle. Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields at the turn of the century to become the first Black in the world to earn an international pilots license and captured the hearts of the Black population of America.  Bessie was also one of this country’s first (and little known) civil rights activist.  

REGISTER HERE
VIEW TRAILER HERE