Bessie Coleman

Historical marker location:

Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of South Martin Luther King Jr Drive and East 41st Street, on the right when traveling north on South Martin Luther King Jr Drive.)

Marker installed: 1999

Chicago Tribute.

Illinois is the birthplace of several famous people, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, and writer Ernest Hemingway.