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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