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Bessie Coleman tells her story which begins in a poor town in the Jim Crow south and ends with the United States Treasuryminting a quarter with her name and face. In this episode, we meet Bessie and her parents, who wanted her to keep her feet on solid ground and not dream too big. But that was never in Bessie's nature.
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Bessie Coleman tells her story which begins in a poor town in the Jim Crow south and ends with the United States Treasuryminting a quarter with her name and face. In this episode, we meet Bessie and her parents, who wanted her to keep her feet on solid ground and not dream too big. But that was never in Bessie's nature.

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