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    Reggie Jackson on playing in segregated Birmingham in 1967: 'I wouldn't wish it on anybody'

    Reggie Jackson is a member of the Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame. Before he became a five-time World Series champion and a Hall of Fame player, Jackson led the Double-A Southern League with 84 runs, 17 triples, 26 doubles and 17 stolen bases in 1967, his only season with the minor league squad. But Jackson's memories of his time in Birmingham, Ala., are anything but pleasant. "I wouldn't wish ...
    by Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times Jun 21, 2024 2 minutes
    Former Oakland Athletics star Reggie Jackson talks as he is inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the Athletics Hall of Fame before the A's game against the New York Yankees at the Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Sept. 5, 2018.

    Reggie Jackson is a member of the Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame.

    Before he became a five-time World Series champion and a Hall of Fame player, Jackson led the Double-A Southern League with 84 runs, 17 triples, 26 doubles and 17 stolen bases in 1967, his only season with the minor league squad.

    But Jackson's memories of his time in Birmingham, Ala., are anything but pleasant.

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