Bessie Coleman: Waxahachie native, pioneer aviator

Next month is Black History Month, and after the recent news that a new aircraft carrier will be christened after Dorie Miller, for whom an Ennis school is named, some readers have contacted me, claiming local black citizens’ history hasn’t been recorded on this page very often. That struck me as not only unfair but untrue, as I have shared the history of blacks as well as whites on this page sinc…