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Rising Above Racism and Giving Back: Hank Aaron’s Life After Becoming Baseball's Home Run King

Hall of Famer Hank Aaron , who died last week at age 86, is being remembered as the home run king of baseball. WKSU's sports commentator Terry Pluto got a glimpse of how challenging Aaron’s life was on the other side of his record-setting career. Pluto reflected on the time he was a writer covering minor league baseball in Savannah, Ga., when Hank Aaron was working for the Atlanta Braves.

A record-setting career and a tough transition
Aaron began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1951 and debuted in Major League Baseball at the age of 23.