Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If daring and determined were a person, they might resemble the spirit of Black travel history maker Bessie Stringfield. In 1930, ...
If you were to read the list of places Bessie Stringfield rode to, and number of miles she racked up, you would be impressed if it had been done in the 1980s. Bessie, though, pulled it off long before ...
View post: Ford F-150 Reliability Guide: Best Years and the Years to Avoid During the Jim Crow era, a time when Black Americans were segregated based on the color of their skin, a young Bessie ...
It’s hard to say if Bessie Stringfield went wherever the wind told her or if she made the wind bend to her will. Known as the “Motorcycle Queen of Miami,” Stringfield was the first Black woman to ride ...
City of Miami Gardens Councilwoman Michelle Powell with members of Sunshine D.I.M.E lady motorcycle squad at the newly unveiled street sign honoring famous motorcyclist Bessie Stringfield at NW 24th ...
Bessie Stringfield was, by all accounts, a woman of many lives. Her origin story remains murky, but what is well known is her prowess on her famed Harley motorcycles, which she rode throughout Florida ...
Beatnik Entertainment helps to celebrate Women’s History Month with the world premiere of a play about a pioneer who traveled the United States on her Harley-Davidson in the 1930s and 1940s. Bonnie ...
If you watched Lovecraft Country this summer, you might have wondered why the woman riding her motorcycle on the side of Tik’s car was significant. That woman was Bessie Stringfield: the first Black ...
The Motorcycle Queen of Miami is finally getting her due. If you're already a motorcycle rider, you don't need me to tell you how good it feels. You already know. But if you're not, and you've been ...