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Hank Aaron’s name will replace a
Confederate general’s on an
Atlanta school

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Posted By: zoidberg, 4/15/2021 1:18:01 PM

An Atlanta high school that bears the name of a Confederate Army general who was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan will be renamed for Hank Aaron, the Hall of Famer who broke baseball’s career home record and challenged racial barriers. The Atlanta Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to change the name of Forrest Hill Academy, named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy. School district policy requires a five-year waiting period after the death of a notable person unless the vote to change the name of a school building is unanimous.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Rather Read 4/15/2021 1:35:33 PM (No. 755817)
I like Hank Aaron and I think it's an honor.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: spacer 4/15/2021 1:49:08 PM (No. 755831)
About damn time. Hope they call it Hammerin Hank.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: coldborezero 4/15/2021 1:49:46 PM (No. 755832)
I'm okay with this renaming. Hank Aaron was a great baseball player. I don't know his politics and I don't want to know. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a G. D.'d demonRAT. I despise G. D.'d demonRATS.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: envirodude 4/15/2021 2:37:15 PM (No. 755870)
My great grandfather, born in 1862, was named for Nathan Bedford Forrest. I’m pumped they are going to name a school after Hank Aaron. /I have so much southern heritage, that it would disgust the most rabid democrat.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Maggie2u 4/15/2021 2:44:51 PM (No. 755881)
How could anyone send their child to a school named after the leader of the KKK?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: KatieJo 4/15/2021 3:02:23 PM (No. 755901)
Will they mention that he was executed with the Covid vaccine?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: sanspeur 4/15/2021 3:47:44 PM (No. 755949)
I was born at Camp Forrest , Tn , Now i am so gonna be born again at Camp Hank or Camp Aaron ? younger too .All good
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