Bessie Stringfield
Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 2016
Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States.
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- Who it’s for
- A pioneering rider’s story brings motorcycle history into sharp view against the realities of Jim Crow.
- Themes
- Black women’s history, Motorcycling pioneer, Confronting Jim Crow
- Genres
- Graphic Biography, African American U.S. History for Teens, Women's Lives
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Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and ’40s.
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That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall of Fame. Stringfield was a pioneer in motorcycling during her lifetime; she rode as a civilian courier for the US military and founded the Iron Horse Motorcycle Club in Miami, all while confronting and overcoming Jim Crow in every ride.
Riding Against the Grain
A pioneering rider’s story brings motorcycle history into sharp view against the realities of Jim Crow.
Come here for
- A Black woman motorcyclist crossing the country in the 1930s and ’40s
- The nerve and skill behind a barrier-breaking life
Expect
- A true story of riding through Jim Crow
- Motorcycle history shaped by courage and persistence
Where it sits
| Graphic Biography | 83% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 35% |
| African American U.S. History for Teens | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Graphic Biography & Memoir
- Black Stories
- Diverse & Multicultural Stories
- Graphic Biography
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- Graphic History
- African American U.S. History for Teens
- Authors
- Joel Christian Gill
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- October 1, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black women’s history · Motorcycling pioneer · Confronting Jim Crow
- Reading lane
- Graphic Biography & Memoir