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Dr. F.C. Caffey
Big Bill Tate, the heavyweight boxer who used the rings to get jobs for 2,600 black workers
Heavyweight champion, Big Bill Tate, was among the many fortunate African Americans who had access to formal education in the 1800s. Though he completed the State’s formal school in Huntsville, Alabama, finding a job to match his skills became difficult. Though he studied printing, like many blacks in Montgomery, he had to settle on menial…
