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Atlanta school replacing KKK leader's name with Hank Aaron's - The San Diego Union-Tribune

ATLANTA    An Atlanta high school that was named after a Ku Klux Klan leader will strip the name and instead honor the late baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. The Atlanta Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to change the name of Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, news outlets reported. The new name is expected to be in place by the time students return to the southwest Atlanta alternative school in August. Aaron, a former Atlanta Braves baseball player, died in January at the age of 86. Under the nickname “Hammerin’ Hank,” he set a wide array of career hitting records during his 23-year span, ultimately breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record while enduring racist threats.

Atlanta school named after KKK founder renamed after Hank Aaron

Atlanta school named after KKK founder renamed after Hank Aaron The campus of Forrest Hill Academy will now be called Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, the fourth such recent change in area schools. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, has been renamed. The campus, a public, alternative school, will now be called Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy. A school in Atlanta is changing its moniker from one named after Confederate Army Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest into Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, now named in honor of late MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron (above). (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Atlanta school named for KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest votes to rename itself after Hank Aaron

Atlanta school named after KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest votes to rename itself to honor Braves legend and civil rights advocate Hank Aaron An Atlanta school that was named after Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest is renaming itself to honor Hank Aaron The Atlanta Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to change the name of Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy  Known as Hammerin Hank, Aaron died in January at 86 following his record-breaking career for both the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers Aaron famously broke Babe Ruth s record with his 715th home run in early 1974 - a feat he accomplished in the face of racist hate mail and death threats

Atlanta school replacing KKK leader's name with Hank Aaron's | National

Atlanta school replacing KKK leader's name with Hank Aaron's | National