The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest
sports figures Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an
astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for
more than eleven years. He got more column inches of newspaper
coverage in the 1930s than FDR did. His racially and politically
charged defeat of Max Schmeling in 1938 made Louis a national hero.
But as important as his record is what he meant to
African-Americans: at a time when the boxing ring was the only
venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis
embodied all their hopes for dignity and equality. Through
meticulous research and first-hand interviews, acclaimed historian
and biographer Randy Roberts presents Louis, and his impact on
sport and country, in a way never before accomplished. Roberts
reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and
whose relationships with both the black and white
communities-including his relationships with mobsters-were far more
complex than the simplistic accounts of heroism and victimization
that have dominated previous biographies. Richly researched and
utterly captivating, this extraordinary biography presents the full
range of Joe Louis's power in and out of the boxing ring.
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