Bessie Coleman - American Flyer

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Across
  1. 1. Bessie Coleman _______ in a plane accident on April 30, 1926.(paragraph 12)
  2. 5. Flight school was very easy for Bessie Coleman, True or False? (paragraph 7)
  3. 6. Why was life hard for Bessie Coleman when she was a child? (paragraph 2)
  4. 8. Bessie Coleman was also the _______ African American woman to fly an airplane.
  5. 10. Bessie was ________ of her own accomplishments and she was proud to be an African American.
  6. 12. Where did Bessie hear stories about World War I? (paragraph 6)
  7. 14. On June 15, 1921 Bessie Coleman received her international pilot's _________.
  8. 15. Bessie Coleman was a good student, true or false? (paragraph 4)
  9. 16. Bessie learned to speak _______ so she could go to flight school in France and become a pilot.
Down
  1. 2. Bessie Coleman was famous and she _______ countless African Americans to become pilots.
  2. 3. What was Bessie Coleman's dream? (paragraph 6)
  3. 4. Bessie Coleman was the first African American to get an international ________ license.
  4. 7. Bessie decided she wanted to be a pilot when she listened to men tell ________ about World War I.
  5. 9. Where was Bessie Coleman born?
  6. 11. Bessie Coleman's parents worked hard as cotton __________.
  7. 13. Many people still _______ Bessie Coleman for her amazing accomplishments as the first African American international pilot.
  8. 16. Bessie Coleman wanted other African Americans to learn to ________. (paragraph 11)