Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Evanston-Skokie District 65’s school board voted this summer to close Bessie Rhoades Magnet School at the end of the school year. However, the decision was made this week to move seventh and ...

She was only 34 when she died but during her brief life, Bessie Coleman made a stand against both racial and gender prejudice by becoming the first African-American woman to successfully train as ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Students are still waiting to find out where they will be going to school next month after Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies informed parents this week that ...

But this wasn’t someone she sat with at school. In fact, it was a woman she had never met – the legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. Jackie’s first introduction to Bessie came in the form of ...

A 5-2 vote sealed the fate of the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies Monday night after the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education voted to close the district’s lone fully ...

Landscape painter Arthur Streeton ruled Australian art auctions in 2021, commanding the highest price for the year and taking out four of the top 11 sales.

The Evanston Skokie School District already planned to close Bessie Rhodes Magnet School at the end of the school year. Parents and students in seventh and eighth grade, however, have now been ...

has unveiled the best frozen supermarket spuds, pitting major brands McCain and Aunt Bessie against own-brand rivals. And, shockingly, two supermarkets’ roasties have beaten out Aunt Bessie ...