Since his arrival into the baseball scene in 1996, Derek Jeter has not only turned himself into a baseball icon but a symbol of athletic perfection as well. Spending his entire 20-year career with the New York Yankees, he helped them win 7 pennants and 5 World Series, while also making the All-Star team nearly every year.
Elizabeth Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 â April 30, 1926) was the first female African American pilot ever to hold an international pilot license. She fought discrimination to follow her dream of becoming a pilot. 1 Early Life.
As the other children began to age and find work in the fields, Bessie assumed some new responsibilities around the Coleman house. She kept her eyes on her sisters and helped her mother work in her garden. Bessie began school at the age of six and had to walk 4 miles each day to her all-black school.