Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before their first bout on June 19, 1936. Each man was fighting for a shot at the world heavyweight boxing championship.

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The New York Daily News, June 23, 1938. When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation celebrated -- and one of the biggest parties was in Harlem. In the famous New York ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their much-publicized June 22, 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium in a first-round knockout. In a time when his people ...

That man was Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber." Joe Louis was born in 1914 to a humble family in Alabama. From a young age, he faced the adversities of a country marked by racism and inequality.

Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Joe Louis has opened up about the struggles of the Ghana Premier League (GPL), stating that these challenges discourage players from choosing to stay in the country ...

"What my father did was enable white America to think of him as an American, not as a black," said his son, Joe Louis Jr. "By winning, he became white America's first black hero." Louis was ...