Atlanta school to drop Confederate generalâs name and honor Hank Aaron: NYT By Syndicated Content Apr 13, 2021 11:55 PM (Reuters) - A public school in Atlanta, Georgia which carried the name of a Confederate general will be renamed after Hank Aaron, honoring the legendary baseball player who battled racism in the process of breaking the record for most home runs in a career, the New York Times reported https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/hank-aaron-high-school-atlanta.html. The Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted on Monday to approve removing the name of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest from Forrest Hill Academy and renaming it the Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, accord to the NYT report.