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All-Black American Airlines Crew Pays Homage to Bessie Coleman

An all-black American Airlines crew decided to take to the skies to commemorate Bessie Coleman. Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. She was able to gain her pilot’s license in 1921. The event was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first public flight by a black American woman, ...

Mike West

Bessie Coleman with her biplane.