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Hank Aaron, civil rights leaders get vaccinated in Georgia

by Michael Warren & Ron Harris
| January 5, 2021 1:09 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, former U.N. Ambassador and civil rights leader Andrew Young and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan got vaccinated against COVID-19 in Georgia on Tuesday, hoping to send a message to Black Americans that the shots are safe.

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