Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy
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(Redirected from Forrest Hill Academy)
Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy is located in Atlanta, GA. Until 2021, it was named Forrest Hill Academy after Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest, bit the Atlanta Board Education voted unanimously to rename it after the recently deceased baseball great Hank Aaron. Guy Simmons coached here.
Further Reading[edit]
- Lorenzo Reyes: "Atlanta school that had honored Confederate general renamed for MLB great Hank Aaron", USA Today, April 14, 2021. [1]
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