Winner:
Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016
Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times
across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is
journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s
and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the
woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black
woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of
Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall of Fame. Stringfield was a pioneer in
motorcycling during her lifetime; she rode as a civilian courier for the
US military and founded the Iron Horse Motorcycle Club in Miami, all
while confronting and overcoming Jim Crow in every ride.