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May 29, 2018December 14, 2021Blog

Frank’s Life in Colorado Springs – The house on Pine Street

Frank was born in 1923. He was raised by his two Great Aunties. Frank called them Mama and Aunt LaLa. They were both widows, so they lived together. They took Frank in when he was two weeks old. Frank’s birth mother was only 14 years old, so she couldn’t raise him. Frank didn’t know who his father was until much later in life. Both his birth mother and father died young. The aunt Frank called Mama, married Frank Loper. Ol’ Man Loper was known all over town. This was the only father figure Frank had in his life. Ol’ Man Loper loved Frank as his own son.

May 26, 2018May 26, 2018News

Tuskegee Airman speaks to Cheyenne students about his life, dyslexia
wyomingnews.com

CHEYENNE – Franklin Macon, an original Tuskegee Airman, spoke Thursday to students who don’t enjoy school. The 94-year-old asked students from Cheyenne’s Afflerbach and Cole elementary schools to raise their hands if they don’t like school. Then he said, “The rest of you – I’m not talking to you all. I didn’t like school, either, so now we’re on the same page.” He told the students funny stories about all the hell he raised as a child – both in school and out – before he learned to like school and eventually studied aeronautics at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.

May 26, 2018May 26, 2018News

Local women publish book about Tuskegee Airman
wyomingbusinessreport.com

CHEYENNE – Sometimes a story needs to be told, and it’s just waiting for the right people to tell it.Franklin Macon wanted to tell his remarkable story, but dyslexia created a challenge he wasn’t sure he could overcome. However, Macon doesn’t let life hold him back, and he happened to meet the right women to help him.

May 26, 2018May 26, 2018News

Air Force Academy pays tribute to Tuskegee airmen who overcame radical barriers
Colorado Springs Gazette, News

Their ranks are thinning, but the legend of the Air Force’s first African-American aviators’ keeps growing. It was evident last week as the Air Force Academy honored Tuskegee airmen. Just one of the originals who overcame racial barriers to take to the skies in World War II made it. But Franklin Macon, 95, was fawned over by cadets and generals.