The Motorcycle Queen of Miami: Known as “The Motorcycle Queen of Miami,” Bessie Stringfield was the first African-American woman to complete a solo, cross-country ride. Just 19 at the time, Stringfield went on to ride through the lower 48 states, and later to Europe, Brazil and Haiti. It wasn’t easy for Stringfield. “If you had black skin, you couldn’t get a place to stay,” she once told a reporter. But she persevered, and during World War II she joined a motorcycle dispatch unit, traveling back and forth across the country carrying classified army documents. Like her fellow women riders from history, Bessie Stringfield’s story is one of pride, curiosity and the desire to break the mold.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:41:45 +0000
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