Exactly one year later, Louis exacted his revenge on Schmeling ... request of President Ronald Reagan. In death, like in life, Joe Louis was a hero.

Rewatching, and re-reading about, Louis’ title reign is to be reminded of three things above all: he had one of the best ...

And for Joe Louis, it was a personal and racial redemption. Schmeling returned to Germany, where he disappeared from public life. The two Louis-Schmeling fights were the highest and lowest points ...

Joe Biden has officially put his dukes up. That was the message Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) took away from the president’s State of the Union speech Thursday. “As I sat the other night and ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner ... then the leader of the militant Black Muslims. Exactly one year later, Louis exacted his revenge on Schmeling. The fight was for more than the heavyweight ...