When Miami police wouldn’t let her get a motorcycle license in the early 1950s, Bessie Stringfield demanded a meeting with the department’s white chief. He took her to a park and asked her to perform a number of difficult motorcycle tricks — and she nailed them all.⁠ ⁠ “From that day on, I didn’t have any trouble from the police, and I got my license too.” It didn’t take long for her to earn the nickname of “Motorcycle Queen Of Miami.”