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Asked how he feels returning to an Alabama ballpark where he played in the 60s, Reggie Jackson answered with brutal truth. “Coming back here is not easy. The racism when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled.” https://kottke.org/24/06/reggie-jackson-honesty-baseball-alabama-60s
Reggie Jackson’s Brutal Honesty About Playing Baseball in Alabama in the 60s

As part of the effort to incorporate the Negro Leagues into MLB history, MLB held a pair of games at Birmingham, Alabama’s R

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@kottke And they would still treat him the same way now once the MLB cameras leave town. #racismrunsinthefamily