He was given a military burial in Arlington National Cemetery at the request of President Ronald Reagan. In death, like in life, Joe Louis was a hero.

When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch ... The roots of the Harlem Renaissance lay partly in a demographic shift. By the early twentieth century, a large number of Southern ...

He carries off the ring scenes and does well against Hilda Simms who plays Mrs Louis. Integration of real fight shots, from the early bouts to the pummeling Joe took from Schmeling, the triumphant ...

Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit named Joe Louis began to rise up the ranks of black fighters. In the first 11 months of ...

A Detroit sculptor has been tapped to create a statue depicting iconic boxer Joe Louis and his life outside of the ring that will be installed on a 27-mile greenway named after him that's now ...