In France, Bessie Coleman was accepted in a flying school, and received her pilot's license -- the first African American woman to do so. After two more months of study with a French pilot, she returned to New York in September, 1921.
Cairo, incorporated in 1870, is located in Grady County in southwest Georgia, thirty miles north of Tallahassee, Florida. Named either for the city in Egypt or for Cairo, Illinois, but pronounced Cayroe, the city has been the county seat since 1906. For decades it was known as the heart of Georgia's syrup industry.airo, incorporated in 1870, is located in Grady County in southwest Georgia, thirty miles north of Tallahassee, Florida. Named either for the city in Egypt or for Cairo, Illinois, but pronounced Cayroe, the city has been the county seat since 1906. For decades it was known as the heart of Georgia's syrup industry.
Cairo itself has a population density of 19,376 people per square kilometer (50,180/sq mi), which ranks 42nd in the world. While the 2014 population of Cairo is 12 million, the Greater Cairo area has about 18 million people. It is the 3rd largest urban area in the Islamic World behind Jakarta and Karachi.