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Braves legend Hank Aaron breaks into a smile while reflecting on his life and career in the living room of his home on the eve of his 80th birthday, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
New Hank Aaron book pays tribute to Atlanta’s baseball legend
Carla Brooks
Meeting Hank Aaron: Atlanta fans share their stories
Braves legend Hank Aaron strikes a familiar pose during an interview in the living room of his home on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2014. Aaron died Jan. 22 at the age of 86. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM
Baseball great Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron, 86, passes into history
In 2015, baseball legend Hank Aaron and his wife, Billye Suber Aaron, announced a $3 million gift to Morehouse School of Medicine to expand the Hugh Gloster Medical Education building and create the Billye Suber Aaron Student Pavilion. The gift was presented during the school’s 40th anniversary and 31st fall convocation, white coat and pinning ceremony. (Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine)
The Philanthropist: How Hank Aaron used his legendary status to help others
Coming of age in the 1940s and 1950s and playing baseball in a world dominated by whites, while finding his voice as an outspoken critic on race and equality, Hank Aaron also served as a major civil rights leader.
Social change: How Henry Aaron made baseball a form of civil rights activism
Bud
Hank Aaron’s life was one of the great American journeys
The Tuesday, April 9, 1974 edition of The Atlanta Constitution captures the moment Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run. (AJC Archive)
Mark Bradley on Hank Aaron: A great player, a greater man
Steve Hummer: Mr. Hank Aaron - The one true home run king
Michael Cunningham: Hank Aaron - Hero to many, especially Black people
Bill Clinton on Hank Aaron: ‘His whole life was one long home run’
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