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: Here’s How I’d Spec the 2026 RAV4 to Maximize Value & Features During the Jim Crow era, a time when Black Americans were segregated based on the color of their skin, a young Bessie ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A story about a girl who proves she can ride faster than a group of dismissive boys introduces readers to Bessie Stringfield, an African-American motorcyclist active in the 1930s and ’40s. The ...