African American History Project

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Africian American History Project

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Introduction

• As you might not know, Hank Aaron was a great
  baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. He is
  still living today also. There is a lot to learn
  about him, he is very famous for being an African
  American baseball player. I will fill in all the
  blanks about Hank Aaron in this presentation. He
  has retired now but still watches it on TV.

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Background

• Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama on
  February 5, 1934. He played baseball, mainly for
  the Atlanta Braves. He had a brother named Tommy
  Aaron who also played for the Braves. He lived in
  Down at the Bay, a very poor town with mostly
  blacks. In high school he played shortstop when
  he played for the Indianapolis Clowns. He never
  had any love life although he had many fans that
  adored him.

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Accomplishments

• Hank Aaron had a lot of accomplishments in his
  life here are a few.
• He was the first Black baseball player to beat
  Babe Ruths home run record.
• He was the first black baseball player to join
  the 300 club, that was a club for people that got
  300 or more hits.
• He was a very good man that always got
  discriminated for being black, but he just kept
  playing baseball.
• He also made it into the American league all
  stars and blasted two home runs.

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Obstacles

• Hank Aaron had many obstacles, a lot of people
  treated him poorly because of the fact he was
  black. He was a awesome baseball player but he
  even once got punched by a white person because
  he was mad at him for beating Babe Ruth's home
  run record. He did not care what people did to
  discriminate him he just kept on playing
  baseball.

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Tributes

• The biggest tribute to him is the Hank Aaron
  statue. It is very tall and made of bronze It is
  made in honor of his bravery, skill and courage.
  He did not get any other awards because he is
  black.

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Conclusion

• In conclusion Hank Aaron was a good baseball
  player who fought through injustice and
  discrimination just to play baseball. Bye!

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Resources

• The main resources I used were google.com, and
  ask jeeves.com. I also read a book about him when
  I was young. I mainly used the internet. Bye bye
  again! Oh and bye the way, Google took me to
  baseballhalloffame.com