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2 de abr. de 2014 · African American boxer Joe Louis, who reigned as world heavyweight champion from 1937 until 1949, is regarded as one of his sport's all-time greats.
Any way one looks at it, Joe Louis is an all-time great in the sport of boxing and a deserving Hall of Fame inductee. But the legacy and importance of Louis exists beyond the realm of statistics. In an era when blacks were shut out of most opportunities for social equality or upward mobility, Louis succeeded in gaining the richest prize in sports, opening doors and minds like no other athlete ...
Joe Louis. Joe Louis, pseudonimo di Joseph Louis Barrow ( La Fayette, 13 maggio 1914 – Paradise, 12 aprile 1981 ), è stato un pugile e golfista statunitense, fra i più popolari e prestigiosi campioni della storia del pugilato mondiale. Peso massimo, soprannominato Brown Bomber oppure The People's Champ ("Il campione del popolo"), contribuì ...
Como o próprio Louis percebeu, os negros norte-americanos defenderam seu herói. 38 38 Joe Louis com Edna e Art Rust, Jr., Joe Louis: My Life, Hopewell, The Ecco Press, 1978, p. 91. Comunidades negras em toda parte do país ficaram devastadas pela derrota de Louis, e, em choque, rumores emergiram e foram fundamentados por alguns membros da imprensa negra.
Joe Louis, "el bombardero de Detroit", nació el 13 de mayo de 1914 en una cabaña de algodoneros de Lexington ( Alabama, Estados Unidos ). Era el séptimo hijo de una familia muy pobre, y quedó huérfano de padre a los 4 años. Louis, con diez años, se traslada con su padrastro y su nueva familia a Detroit, donde empezó a trabajar como ...
12 de fev. de 2020 · Joe Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914, in Alabama, the seventh of eight children, a grandson of slaves and one quarter Cherokee. When the boy was just two years old, his father, Munroe Barrow ...
Joe Louis Barrow — the grandson of a slave and the great grandson of a slave owner — was born in poverty on May 13, 1914. The Barrow home in Lafayette, Alabama was next to a cotton field. Growing up, Louis and his seven siblings often slept three and four to a bed. The lack of jobs and the violence waged against African Americans by a ...
