Among the tributes to her, a conference room at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, DC is named after her. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley renamed Old Mannheim Road at OâHare International Airport âBessie Coleman Drive in 1990 and in 1992 designated May 2nd to be âBessie Coleman Day in Chicago.
Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills. Cahaba Heights is a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Before annexation in 2002, it was a census-designated place (CDP) in 1990 and 2000; the population was 5,203 at the 2000 census. An EF2 tornado damaged this area on April 27, 2011.
The city of Leeds is located in north-central Alabama largely in Jefferson County; in recent years, it has expanded into both Shelby and St. Clair counties. A suburb of Birmingham in the Cahaba Valley, the city has a mayor/council form of government and was incorporated in 1887.