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Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
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Carol Alexander is a poet, editor, and author of books for young readers. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, e-zines, and print journals. Her 2017 book HABITAT LOST is a collection of poems that explore the human connection to nature and the personal and environmental challenges that confront us all. A new book, ENVIRONMENTS, has just been published by Dos Madres Press (2018) .
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