00:00In the 1930s, a black woman did something most people would have thought impossible.
00:04She rode alone across America on a motorcycle.
00:08Her name was Bessie Stringfield.
00:10She crossed the United States multiple times, traveling through a country where segregation
00:15and racial discrimination made the journey even more dangerous.
00:19But Bessie refused to let those barriers stop her.
00:23During World War II, she took her skills even further, serving as a motorcycle courier
00:29for the U.S. Army.
00:30By riding where women were rarely expected to go and breaking through racial barriers along
00:36the way, Bessie Stringfield became a pioneer of American motorcycling, and her fearless
00:42journeys eventually turned her into a legend.
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