Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967.
In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination.
Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church.
The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946.
Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.
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