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Joe Jackson's legacy is preserved by a museum in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina.
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The [[House of Representatives]] passed a resolution by voice vote in 1999 demanding Jackson's exoneration,<ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-resolution/269/text</ref> and many politicians and star athletes (including [[Ted Williams]]) over the years (including [[conservative]] ones) have insisted likewise.
 
The [[House of Representatives]] passed a resolution by voice vote in 1999 demanding Jackson's exoneration,<ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-resolution/269/text</ref> and many politicians and star athletes (including [[Ted Williams]]) over the years (including [[conservative]] ones) have insisted likewise.
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A museum is maintained to this day for Shoeless Joe in [[South Carolina]] in a home.  He is portrayed in the novel ''Shoeless Joe'', the opera ''The Fix'', and the movies ''Eight Men Out'' and ''Field of Dreams'' (1989).  The ''Field of Dreams'' was a positive portrayal of Joe Jackson (though the actor played right-handed rather than Joe's left-handed play), praised by a big supporter of Jackson.<ref>https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2022/08/10/field-dreams-game-shoeless-joe-jackson-renewed-interest-ray-liotta-death-mlb/10280690002/</ref>
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A museum is maintained to this day for Shoeless Joe in [[South Carolina]] in a home.  He is portrayed in the novel ''Shoeless Joe'', the opera ''The Fix'', and the movies ''Eight Men Out'' and ''Field of Dreams'' (1989).  The ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' was a positive portrayal of Joe Jackson (though the actor played right-handed rather than Joe's left-handed play), praised by a big supporter of Jackson.<ref>https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2022/08/10/field-dreams-game-shoeless-joe-jackson-renewed-interest-ray-liotta-death-mlb/10280690002/</ref>
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Joe Jackson's legacy is preserved by a museum in his hometown of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].
    
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