(Written on July 23, 2014)
I've just completed an assignment on Rhetoric. For this assignment, we had to watch four speeches that displayed examples of Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Mythos. The Ethos example was Ronald Reagan's speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day. I always get choked up over any remembrance of a war, especially World War II and the Korean War, because even though those wars ended almost six and seven decades ago, the memories and the pain are still fresh for the veterans.
While my feelings were being stirred up, I started reading up on a few things--the World War II vets who are still with us, the Tuskegee Airmen, and then, I landed on Bessie Coleman's Wikipedia page.
I was well aware of who Bessie Coleman was as a kid, but for some reason, she seemed to have slipped from my memory as I grew up. I think it's because I've focused so much of my attention of classic Black entertainers in recent years and sort of pulled away from the inventors, scientists, and engineers (that I actually learned so much about in elementary school). It could also be because "Earhart" and "Lindbergh" are the only names drummed into the public memory, but that's a different story.
If you don't know who Bessie Coleman is/was, she was the first African-American woman to hold a pilot license and the first American (of any gender and any race) to hold an international pilot license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
I encourage you all to read about Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, and to share her story with others, especially kids!
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Oh, and if there's a biopic, my actress choice:
Rhyon Nicole Brown
(Best known for her role as "Lizzie" on Lincoln Heights)
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