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Biography

Name: Joe Louis
Birth Date: May 13, 1914
Death Date: April 12, 1981
Place of Birth: Lexington, Alabama, United States
Place of Death: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: boxer

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Biography of Joe Louis
602 words, approx. 2 pages
American boxer Joe Louis (1914-1981) was world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1948. He defended his title 20 times in four years. Joe Louis, born on May 13, 1914, was the son of an Alabama sharecropper. Joe was close to his large family,...


Quotations
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Joe Louis Quotes
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Joe Louis ( 1914 – 1981 ) was an American heavyweight boxer . Louis vs. Schmeling, 1936 Unsourced Every man I get beat by is the hardest hitter. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my...


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Louis, Joe (1914-1981) Summary
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Boxer Joe Louis was the first African-American "household name" familiar to most white Americans. During his reign as heavyweight boxing champion from 1938 to 1949, Louis did what no other black athlete had done before: He earned the...
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Joe Louis Information
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Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions that ever lived. He held the title for...


News and Journals
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Philadelphia Tribune, The
Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope
02/28/1997: 882 words, approx. 3 pages
Philadelphia Tribune, The 02-28-1997 Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope. Richard Bak Taylor Publishing Co. $21.95 Over 50 years ago when black men and women in sports broke color barriers, tore down walls and left impressionable marks in history,...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Joe Louis To Get Stamp Of Approval
06/19/1993: 626 words, approx. 2 pages
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-19-1993 JOE LOUIS TO GET STAMP OF APPROVAL Date: 06-19-1993, Saturday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star Column: COLLECTING Move over, Riddick Bowe, the "Brown Bomber" is back. ...
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Investor's Business Daily
Joe Frazier Bounced Off The Ropes
5/2/2007: 1,087 words, approx. 4 pages
Joe Frazier didn't have to look far for the motivation to succeed in the boxing ring.He was born into poverty in the Deep South town of Beaufort, S.C., in 1944. He grew up in a shack, without running water, indoor plumbing or telephone service.The idea...
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AP News
Zetterberg's goal-ahead goal lifts Wings
2/8/2007: 362 words, approx. 1 pages
Henrik Zetterberg scored twice, including a go-ahead goal early in the third period that was the 100th of his career, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night.Robert Lang and Pavel Datsyuk also scored for Detroit,...
 


 

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