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3) "... And a credit to his race;": the hard life and times of Joseph Louis Barrow, a.k.a. Joe Louis
Author
Publisher
Saturday Review Press
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
14) Joe Louis
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A biography of Joe Louis describing his youth in a Detroit ghetto, his rise to heavyweight champion and major sports hero, and his role in destroying the myth of racial inferiority.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The heavyweight fights in New York in 1936 and 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling symbolized and galvanized the hopes, hatreds, and fears of a world moving toward total war. We see boxing genius Louis taking New York by storm in the 1930s, the savior of a sport in decline and a symbol of redemption for black America after the scandalous reign of Jack Johnson two decades earlier. Schmeling, we learn, was a kind of chameleon, a cultural icon in...
16) Bird in a box
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes.
17) The fight
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This documentary captures the anticipation that the bout between African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling generated, the events leading up to it, the impact Louis's victory had on Blacks and its significance for Jews.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Ring of Hate tells the story of one of the greatest sports events of the twentieth century, the heavy-weight championship bout between Germany's Max Schmeling and America's "Brown Bomber", Joe Louis - at a time when both men carried their nation's hopes on their shoulders."
"More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. In a world on the brink of war, the fight was perceived as a...
