The Woman Who Read Hank Aaron’s Hate Mail

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Hank Aaron’s secretary Carla Koplin Cohn sorting through his mail in July 1973. Bettmann/Getty Images

On June 13th, 1974, two months after becoming baseball’s home run king, Henry Aaron received a plaque from the U.S. Postmaster General. It said “America’s #1.” In home runs and in fan mail.

Link: https://slate.com/culture/2021/01/hank-aaron-hate-mail.html