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, city, seat (1860) of Alexander county, extreme southern Illinois, U.S. The city stands on a low-lying delta at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Bridges over both rivers connect the city with Kentucky (east) and Missouri (west). Cairo was so named because its site was thought to resemble that of the Egyptian city (see Cairo), and southern Illinois consequently became known as Little Egypt.