"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last night. Take a dozen Christmases ... The New York Daily News, June 23, 1938. When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation ...
Rewatching, and re-reading about, Louis’ title reign is to be reminded of three things above all: he had one of the best ...
The fight was for more than the heavyweight championship, more than two individuals competing. It was built into a battle of two ideologies. Joe Louis ... Palace. Louis spent his last four years ...
The epicentre of it all for the past 38 years has been Joe Louis Arena. And at the end of the year it will close for good. I went to Detroit in March expecting to learn what the arena meant to the ...
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A project like the Joe Louis Greenway has been years in the making, and as work continues to connect Detroit with three other cities, organizers ...
"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last night. Take a dozen Christmases ... The New York Daily News, June 23, 1938. When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation ...