Reggie Jackson played at Rickwood Field in the 1960s.
Baseball legend Reggie Jackson attends the 18th Annual Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 10, 2018 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Being back at Alabama’s Rickwood Field brought back painful memories for MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who detailed the racism he experienced there in an appearance on a“The racism when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled … I wouldn't wish it on anybody,” he said.
"I walked into restaurants, and they would point at me and say, 'The n----- can't eat here.' I would go to a hotel, and they would say, 'The n----- can't stay here,'” said Jackson. “We went to Charlie Finley's country club for a welcome home dinner, and they pointed me out with the N-word: 'He can't come in here.' Finley marched the whole team out.”
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