Louis was raised in Detroit and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time, but he ...

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The fear of a powerful, uncontrollable black man remained on the minds of many when Joe Louis emerged as the next potential black champion. Neither boxer was expressly political. Johnson pushed ...

Louis is best known as a Black Detroit native who became one of the greatest boxers of all time. Detroiters of late may ...

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.

Detroit seeks an artist to create a statue of Joe Louis, focusing on his impact outside of boxing, to be installed on the ...

The city put out an open call for a sculptor to create a new statue of the iconic boxer focused on his outside the ring to be displayed along the greenway. Plus, Detroit's latest arts and culture ...

The son of an Alabama sharecropper, great grandson of a slave, great great grandson of a white slave owner became the first African-American to achieve lasting fame and popularity in the 20th century.

Joe Louis is the boxer who has been the undisputed heavyweight champion for the longest, sitting at the top of the sport for 12 years. Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, Buster Douglas, Liston ...

Joe Lewis apologised to the court after entering a guilty deal as part of a deal with prosecutors UK billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, has pleaded ...

The low dart and gusset seam on the Mack Wheldon 18-Hour Jersey Boxer Brief’s pouch enable it to provide ample support. Photo: Michael Murtaugh Mack Weldon’s logo and label information are ...

"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, would light up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about ...