Journal Staff Report The city of Atlanta honored one of its own
Friday when it unveiled a street sign renaming the road leading
to the city airport to Bessie Coleman Drive. The road was
originally named Coleman was American's first female African-
American pilot. She was born in Atlanta on Jan. 26, 1892, the
sixth surviving child of Susan and George Coleman. She made
headlines in 1921when she became the first African-American
woman to earn an international pilot's license. On Sept. 3, 1922
she made history as she became the first black woman to fly over
American soil. Coleman died April 30, 1926 in a flying accident
near Jacksonville, She was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall
of Fame on Nov. 10 of this year. Mayor Kay Philips unveiled the
sign and guests were treated to refreshments afterward in the
terminal at the Atlanta Municipal