Atlanta school named for KKK leader renamed for Hank Aaron
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Baseball legend Hank Aaron speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library on January 22, 2015. (Photo by Lauren Gerson.)
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ATLANTA - An Atlanta high school named after a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader will change its name to honor late Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer Hank Aaron.
This week, the Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted to change Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy.
The school had previously been named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a general for the Confederacy who was known as the first grand wizard of the KKK.