The Delta Memorial Endowment Fund Inc. 47th Annual Literary Luncheon
Sat, Apr 26
|Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel
Saturday, April 26 - Join us for the 47th Annual Literary Luncheon hosted by The Delta Memorial Endowment Fund Inc., where we celebrate literature!
Time & Location
Apr 26, 2025, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel, 139 E Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
About the event
About this event
Carole Hopson is a Boeing 737 captain for United Airlines, based in Newark, New Jersey. After a twenty-year career as a journalist and executive for iconic brands like the National Football League, Foot Locker, and L’Oréal, Carole followed her dream to become a pilot. A century after Bessie Coleman soared over seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Black women in the U.S. account for less than one percent of all professional pilots. Inspired by Bessie’s spellbinding accomplishments, Carole founded the Jet Black Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sending one hundred Black women to flight school by the year 2035.
In her book A PAIR OF WINGS, airline captain Carole Hopson has crafted a riveting, adventure-filled debut novel based on the remarkable true story of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who received her pilot’s license almost two years before Amelia Earhart, and found freedom in the air. Hopson…