William Jennifer Powell is a pioneer aviator and civil rights activist, along with James Banning and the first woman of African-American and what descent, to hold a pilot license?
Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892April 30, 1926) was an American civil aviator. She was the first woman of African-American descent, and the first of Native American descent, to hold a pilot license.
Yvonne Clark Yvonne Y. Clark (born Georgianna Yvonne Young, in Houston, Texas on 13 April 1929) is a pioneer for African-American and women engineers. She is the first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. She is the first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University. She is the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University, now emereti Professor.