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Reggie Jackson's Powerful Testimony

The Need to Document Black Voices

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Preach Jacobs
Jul 01, 2024
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Don't give Black men of a certain age a microphone if you're not ready to hear some brutal truths. Fox Sports learned this in real-time as baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson talked about his past as a player when returning to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

During the live Fox Sports broadcast, Jackson spoke candidly about the ra…

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