This 8-year-old is being applauded for asking to report on aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman, the first female African American and Native American pilot, instead of Amelia Earhart.
When 8-year-old Noa Lewis was assigned a school project on Amelia Earhart, she flipped the script and asked instead to report on Bessie Coleman, who was the first female African American and Native American pilot.
Lewis was picking up her daughter from school when Noa told her mom about the project and about how she wanted to report on a person who was once featured in her favorite Disney show, “Doc McStuffins.” Lewis was naming names, trying to help her daughter remember who it was. So Noa and her mother reached out to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and National Women's Hall of Fame to find out some additional information about Coleman to complete her project.
For all of Noa’s hard work and willingness to report on Coleman, the National Aviation Hall of Fame Museum decided to fly Noa and her family to the museum in Dayton, Ohio. There she got the privilege to meet a relative of her hero.
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