In1940,most had grown accustomed to seeing heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis decisively winning his fights with his fists ...
The sculpture, titled "Outside the Ring," will commemorate Louis’s trailblazing contributions to golf and will be placed along the Joe Louis Greenway. The unveiling is scheduled for August 2025 ...
"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 ...