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The Motorcycle Queen of Miami: Bessie Stringfield


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Bessie Stringfield was a confident and talented motorcyclist during a time of Jim Crow segregation era America. A devout Catholic her entire life, she knew the Man Upstairs would protect her wherever she road.

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Sources:

http://hof.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=277

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-stringfield

https://timeline.com/bessie-stringfield-motorcycle-america-7a002f5057c5

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

https://www.history.com/news/blackface-history-racism-origins

https://www.history.com/emmett-till-lynchings-activism

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america



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