Reggie Jackson details racism he experienced while playing at Rickwood Field: 'I wouldn't wish it on anybody'

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Former Negro League stars returned to Rickwood Field, the home of the late Willie Mays' professional baseball debut, on Thursday night to celebrate the history of the Black legends of the game.

Reggie Jackson missed the Negro League era, but he did play minor league baseball at the legendary Birmingham, Alabama, field.

Jackson suited up for the Birmingham Black Barons, which were a minor league affiliate of the then Kansas City Athletics. And although it was after segregation ended, racism in the area had not.

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Reggie Jackson addresses the crowd during a pregame ceremony introducing the first members of the Oakland Athletics Hall of Fame prior to the game between the Athletics and the New York Yankees on September 5, 2018, in Oakland, California. (Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)

When speaking with the MLB on FOX team ahead of the Giants-Cardinals game at Rickwood, Jackson said it was "not easy" to return to the field.

"The racism when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled … I wouldn’t wish it on anybody," Jackson began before sharing his harsh reality.

"I would walk into restaurants, they would point at me and say ‘that n----- can’t eat here.’ I would go to a hotel, and they’d say ‘that n----- can’t stay here.’ We went to [former A's owner] Charlie Finley’s country club for a welcome-home dinner, and they pointed me out with the n-word, ‘he can’t come in here …'

Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson takes the stage during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21, 2019, in Cooperstown, New