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Hank Aaron (1934-2021)

"Hammerin' Hank" Aaron, a player for the Atlanta Braves, hit 755 home runs, a record that stood unchallenged until 2007, during his twenty-three-year career in major league baseball. Aaron's other records include career runs batted in (RBIs) and number of All-Star game appearances. His contributions to baseball on and off the field continued the struggle against segregation begun by Jackie Robinson in 1947.

Early Years

Henry Louis Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 5, 1934. He was the third of eight children born to Estella and He...

Paschal's Restaurant

Paschal's Restaurant, located in Atlanta's historic Castleberry Hill neighborhood, was an important meeting place for leaders of the...

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UGA Campus Read

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of UGA's desegregation, the University of Georgia Press, the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Mary Frances Early College of Education will host a Campus Rea...

Shay Youngblood (b. 1959)

Shay Youngblood is a distinguished Georgia writer who follows Black roots and routes. Her novels, short stories, and plays explore themes of family and community, as well as topics such as history, ancestry, and sexual identity. Though she has rel...

Morton Theatre

Located in downtown Athens, the Morton Theatre was the first vaudeville theater in the United States that was built, owned, and operated by an African American.

The successful bus...