Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If daring and determined were a person, they might resemble the spirit of Black travel history maker Bessie Stringfield. In 1930, ...
If you were to read the list of places Bessie Stringfield rode to, and number of miles she racked up, you would be impressed if it had been done in the 1980s. Bessie, though, pulled it off long before ...
View post: Here’s How I’d Spec the 2026 RAV4 to Maximize Value & Features During the Jim Crow era, a time when Black Americans were segregated based on the color of their skin, a young Bessie ...
When we put our minds to it, Black women can excel at just about anything, including riding and doing crazy tricks on motorcycles. A member of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Bessie Stringfield ...
City of Miami Gardens Councilwoman Michelle Powell with members of Sunshine D.I.M.E lady motorcycle squad at the newly unveiled street sign honoring famous motorcyclist Bessie Stringfield at NW 24th ...
Bessie Stringfield was, by all accounts, a woman of many lives. Her origin story remains murky, but what is well known is her prowess on her famed Harley motorcycles, which she rode throughout Florida ...
Beatnik Entertainment helps to celebrate Women’s History Month with the world premiere of a play about a pioneer who traveled the United States on her Harley-Davidson in the 1930s and 1940s. Bonnie ...
WEBVTT KAREN: WELCOME BACK, FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF HIS GRAPHIC NOVEL, A COLLECTION OF UNTOLD STORIES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, JOE CONTINUES TO LIFT UP ON CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS. EACH BOOK ...
A story about a girl who proves she can ride faster than a group of dismissive boys introduces readers to Bessie Stringfield, an African-American motorcyclist active in the 1930s and ’40s. The ...