What Young People Can Learn From Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron

His life is one for the record books

H. Michael Harvey, JD
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7 min readJan 23, 2021

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Henry “Hank” Aaron visits the Wyomissing Area High School baseball team on May 4, 1988. Photo: Bill Uhrich/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images

Henry “Hank” Aaron first came to my attention in the 1957 World Series — a few days shy of my sixth birthday.

The ’57 World Series was the first baseball game my family ever watched on a television set. We were farmers, and before then, radio had beamed information and entertainment into…

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H. Michael Harvey, JD
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Harvey is Living Now Book Awards 2020 Bronze Medalist for his memoir Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Available at haroldmichaelharvey.com