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(2) being a 2-time National League batting cham-
pion; 
(3) winning the National League’s single-season 
home run title 4 times; 
(4) achieving a career batting average of .305; 
(5) being voted an All-Star in all but his first and 
last seasons; and 
(6) winning 3 Gold Glove awards for his play as a 
right fielder; 
Whereas Mr. Aaron achieved these milestones while bravely 
facing racism at every stage of his historic career, includ-
ing being barred from hotels where his minor league 
White teammates stayed, receiving many racist letters 
and threats, and even needing protection from law en-
forcement at games to protect against racist violence or 
harassment; 
Whereas Mr. Aaron accomplished a stellar career without the 
use of steroids or other performance enhancing drugs, 
and played the game of baseball with the highest stand-
ard of integrity; 
Whereas during his career, Mr. Aaron became a national 
symbol for perseverance by demonstrating athletic great-
ness and strength while enduring vicious racism and 
hate, helping advance the cause for civil rights and be-
coming a civic leader in the Black community; 
Whereas, Mr. Aaron became the first Black American to hold 
a senior management position in Major League Baseball 
as a front office executive with the Atlanta Braves, sup-
ported the National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People (‘‘NAACP’’), and founded the Chasing 
the Dream Foundation to support underprivileged youth 
through mentorship and financial support; 
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Whereas, in April 1977, the Atlanta Braves retired Mr. Aar-
on’s Number 44, erected a statue in his honor in 1982, 
and named the address of their second home, Turner 
Field, as 755 Hank Aaron Drive; 
Whereas Mr. Aaron is an integral part of Mobile, Alabama, 
history and has been recognized by the city through the 
construction of a stadium, opening of a museum, and 
naming of a park, in his honor; 
Whereas, in 1982, his first year of eligibility, Mr. Aaron was 
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 97.8 per-
cent of the vote, the second-highest tally at the time only 
to Ty Cobb; 
Whereas, on the 25th anniversary of Mr. Aaron’s 715th home 
run, Major League Baseball created the Hank Aaron 
Award, given annually to the players with the best overall 
offensive performances in each league; 
Whereas, in 2002, Mr. Aaron received the Presidential Medal 
of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian award, from 
President George W. Bush, with the citation noting that 
Mr. Aaron ‘‘embodies the true spirit of our Nation’’; 
Whereas, in 2015, Mr. Aaron was an inaugural recipient of 
the Portrait of a Nation Prize from the National Portrait 
Gallery commemorating ‘‘exemplary achievements in the 
fields of civil rights, business, entertainment, science, and 
sports’’; 
Whereas, in 2022, the Library of Congress elected to pre-
serve the television broadcast of Mr. Aaron’s 715th home 
run within the National Recording Registry as an event 
of great cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance in 
the history of the United States; and 
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Whereas, at the time of his passing, Mr. Aaron was long re-
nowned for having uplifted the Black community and im-
proved human relations over his career through his tre-
mendous display of dignity and long record of achieve-
ment in the face of racism and hate, cementing his legacy 
as a leading figure for civil rights: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life and legacy of Henry Louis 
Aaron for his accomplishments on and off the base-
ball field, and for defying racism and breaking down 
racial barriers in the fight for equality as one of the 
last Major League Baseball All-Stars to have played 
in the Negro leagues; 
(2) proclaims that Henry Louis Aaron indeed 
embodied the true spirit and promise of the Nation, 
reflected the best of the determination and persever-
ance of the people of the United States, and exem-
plified the indomitable will of Black Americans to 
overcome impossible odds to achieve greatness in the 
face of relentless adversity and racism; and 
(3) recognizes the life and legacy of Henry 
Louis Aaron as an important figure in the fight for 
civil rights, as well as one of the greatest and most 
prolific baseball players and professional athletes of 
the United States, of all time. 
Æ 
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