February 5, 1934 Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, hall of fame baseball player, was born in Mobile, Alabama. Aaron started his professional baseball career in 1951 with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League. In 1952, he signed a contract with the Boston (later to be the Atlanta) Braves and made his Major League Baseball […]
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February 5th in African American History – Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 5, 2011 in African American History, Author, February, Sports
Tags: All-Star, baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Gold Glove Award, NAACP, Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Spingarn Medal
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