Joe Louis : the great Black hope /
Traces the prizefighter's rise from a sharecropper's cabin in Alabama to the sweaty Brewster gym in Detroit to his lofty position as a genuine American hero. Explores his impact on an entire generation of black Americans, including such figures as Lena Horne and Richard Wright. Louis emerg...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dallas, TX :
Taylor,
[1996]
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| Summary: | Traces the prizefighter's rise from a sharecropper's cabin in Alabama to the sweaty Brewster gym in Detroit to his lofty position as a genuine American hero. Explores his impact on an entire generation of black Americans, including such figures as Lena Horne and Richard Wright. Louis emerges as the country's first bonafide black hero; as much as any sit-in or march, the Brown Bomber forced America to re-examine its policies and attitudes.--From publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Sports/Boxing copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 315 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0878339140 9780878339143 |