The first Black woman to pave the way for other Black female aviators, Bessie Coleman will be remembered this weekend during "Aviation's Pioneer Colorful Women: A Tribute to Bessie Coleman, Willa Beatrice Brown and Janet Harmon."
The tribute marks the 23rd consecutive ceremony orchestrated by aviation historian Rufus Hunt.
Initiated in 1931 by two pioneer Black aviators, Cornelius Robinson Coffey and John C. Robinson, the tribute was solely dedicated to Coleman and continued into the 1960s.
After a nearly 20 year lapse, Hunt resurrected the ceremony in 1979, adding Brown and Harmon to recognize these prominent Black female aviators.
For Hunt, it was important …
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