Read more about the article WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY, Part II: Mr. October met Bear Bryant in Jim Crow Birmingham, 1967

WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY, Part II: Mr. October met Bear Bryant in Jim Crow Birmingham, 1967

PHOTO (L-R): Dave Duncan, manager John McNamara and Reggie Jackson with the 1967 Birmingham A's at Rickwood Field. ** Buy me a coffee to support my research to tell untold college football integration untold stories. Thomas Shanahan | @Thomas-Shanahan-23 *** “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” --- Maya Angelou, writer and poet. “Part of history is not excusing people for what they believed in real time.” --- Jon Meacham, historian, author and…

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Read more about the article Hey, Reggie, if I could talk to you about Birmingham and college football

Hey, Reggie, if I could talk to you about Birmingham and college football

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report PHOTO: Reggie Jackson (R) with Birmingham teammate Dave Duncan and manager John McNamaa. They also were together later with the Oakland A's. Kirkus Book Review of THE RIGHT THING TO DO Dear Mr. October: I rewatched on Prime Video the documentary “Reggie” that first aired March 2023. As I correctly recalled, you said everything then that you stated on Fox’s coverage celebrating Willie Mays at Rickwood Field in Birmingham. The difference, of course,…

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