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Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson was born on May 18, 1946, in the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.His father, Martinez Jackson, who was half Puerto Rican, [5] worked as a tailor and was a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball. [6]
Jackson was drafted with the 24th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jackson saw limited action in his first season with the Thunder, averaging just 11.1 minutes over 45 games playing behind Russell Westbrook and Eric Maynor. He scored over three points per game but shot only 32% from the field, and that percentage ...
Major League Baseball legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson candidly recalled the racism he faced while playing in Alabama, saying, "I wouldn't wish it on anyone."
Here is Jackson's full answer: "Coming back here is not easy. The racism when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled.
The Charlotte Hornets acquired guard Reggie Jackson and three future second-round draft picks from Denver on Thursday in a move that will open up salary cap space for the Nuggets, a person ...
The film tells the story of the life and career of Reggie Jackson, a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player, five-time World Series champion, and large personality in the 1970s and 1980s, and examines his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete. In the film, Jackson sits down with fellow athletes to discuss their legacies, and their ...
Baseball great Reggie Jackson offered fans a stark history lesson on Thursday, recalling the racism Black players faced in the segregated South of the 1960s, on a day the sport celebrated its ...
Jackson knew he was still productive, and that the Nuggets had a good chance of going this far — but he was feeling the push and pull yet again. Three days left, two days left.