An Atlanta school named after a Confederate general will be renamed to honor Hank Aaron

An Atlanta school that had been named after a Confederate general will soon be renamed after Braves legend and Hall of Famer Henry Louis"Hank" Aaron.

The Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted last week to approve the renaming of Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy. The change will take effect next school year.Forrest Hills Academy was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader, according to CNN affiliate WSB. Aaron, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 following an illustrious MLB career highlighted by 755 home runs, died in January at age 86.

Another poke in the eye for the trumpistas and other assorted right wing wack jobs. LOVE IT!!!

It's a start.

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He is one of our heroes

sebroche Take that, Connie!

Bravo CNN for jumping right on that one and making sure you add your racial spew! I think it's brilliant the school is being named after one of our greatest baseball ledgens ⚾

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CNN is going down !!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

We should name the whole country after Aaron!

ExposeCNN

Funny how you left out that the “confederate general” WAS A FOUNDER OF THE EFFING KKK! Man am I sick of CNN soft pedaling. Lazy both sides journalism that helped trump win

UROCKlive1 Yes! 👏👏👏

SethAbramson I've seen Hank play On top of being the one of the best ball players ever Hank was one of the classiest guys to put on a pair of cleats

tylerthecreator in 50 years

In memory of those like Hank who died from mRNA vaccines.

SethAbramson i want to go to HankAaron school.

Why don’t we star naming things with flowers names? Nobody is perfect , just God.

One of the greatest baseball players that was not always treated with the respect he deserved.

I love it but why not Benjamin O Davis? Would have been perfect and not a sports trope

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