lewis, and today, we will be discussing the queen-- queen of queens, literally flyer than most, bessie colemanhe story, we start in 1915, yes? in chicago, right? and bessie coleman, she's 23 years old. she's a young thing. she's a manicurist in chicago, and she is the best, hands-down the best, so like, she's doing the nails of the upper crust elite black people in chicago. and all the black people are like, "hey, girl, hey. do my nails, girl," and she's like, "okay, girl, i got you," and they're like, "girl." while she's there, she's reading the "chicago defender," which is a black-owned newspaper. she's reading about world war i and what's happening.