Lincoln Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. Near Chicago, the cemetery is about 112 acres with over 16,000 interments.
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL front gate
Bessie Coleman
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Elizabeth Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an int
Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
…James Albert Bray (1870–1944), bishop, academic administrator and college president Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), first African-American woman aviator Johnny Dodds (1892–1940), jazz clarinetist…
Coleman in 1923
Coleman, c. 1922
Coleman's grave at Lincoln Cemetery, near Chicago
In 2023, Coleman was honored in the American Women quarters series. June 15, 1921 (June 15, 1921) is the date she was awarded her international pilots license.