The airline hosted the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars tour this week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Coleman performing the first public flight by an African American woman in 1922.
"I'm grateful for American Airlines to give us this opportunity to highlight my great aunt's accomplishments in the field of aviation," Gigi said in a video posted by American Airlines titled "Empowering Women in the Skies." Black women have been "notably underrepresented in the aviation industry, especially as pilots, representing less than 1% in the commercial airline industry," American Airlines said.
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