After Louis' mother heard her husband had died (he hadn't, though), she remarried. The children slept three to a bed in Alabama before the family moved to Detroit in the 1920s. Joe was learning ...

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

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 ...

Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were respected athletes in their own nations and celebrities around the world. And they shared a few famous acquaintances. Take a look at Louis and Schmeling's ...

Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from ... and he suffered the humiliation of pro wrestling to help pay his debts. In 1970, his family committed him to a Denver psychiatric hospital because ...