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Reggie Jackson Reveals Race Hell: ‘The N***er Can’t Eat Here’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Sports· 10 hours agoBaseball legend Reggie Jackson on Thursday evening returned to the historic Alabama park that helped...
MLB at Rickwood Field: Baseball's latest jewel event was an opportunity to honor the past, celebrate...
Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoBaseball game being played on the very field where I played baseball as a teenager. It has been 75...
Reggie Jackson says racism he experienced playing in Birmingham made his return for Negro Leagues...
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 18 hours agoBaseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said it was difficult to return to Rickwood Field in...
Reggie Jackson on playing in segregated Birmingham in 1967: 'I wouldn’t wish it on anybody'
Los Angeles Times· 8 hours ago“I wouldn’t wish it on anybody,” Jackson said numerous times Thursday while speaking on Fox’s...
MLB at Rickwood Field: 10 things we learned at MLB's event honoring Negro Leagues
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 18 hours agobaseball instead of other sports. “It’s our job to go out there and show the kids that it’s fun to ...
'Like a punch to the gut': Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president reacts to death of Willie Mays
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 2 days agoIt was the same ballpark — Rickwood...Field — where Mays, then 17 years old, began his professional...
Who were the St. Louis Stars? Remembering STL’s Negro League baseball team
KTVI via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoThe St. Louis Cardinals will host the San Francisco Giants on Thursday evening at Birmingham,...
Opinion | Negro Leagues baseball was even greater than the record books can say
Washington Post· 4 days agoBob Kendrick is president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Major League ...
Historic night at Rickwood Field: MLB pays tribute to Willie Mays, Negro Leagues
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 16 hours agoHe said he almost fell out of stands watching him play. “My Dad went to Willie’s house, and met...
Reggie Jackson Reflected on Rickwood Field History With Stunning Emotional Storytelling
Sports Illustrated· 16 hours agoMajor League Baseball put on a night to honor one of baseball's most complicated eras on Thursday...