Fred Bailey didn’t just defy the odds. He didn’t see his circumstances as a deck stacked against him. In fact, he couldn’t see at all, which was one of the challenges you’d expect to hold someone back. "You’re Black, blind, and poor," his father told him, adding that hard work was going to be the only way out.
And he lived it out.
In this profile interview, Bailey talks about his memoir, his career and his nonprofits that help at-risk youth in Gallatin.
More on Fred Bailey:
- There's No Cure — Episode #1 from WPLN's Versify podcast
- "Nowhere Near the Bottom" — memoir published in 2020
- Induction into the Tennessee Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
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