Louis, who was African American, was born in 1914 as Joe Louis Barrow in rural Alabama. His family moved to Detroit early in his childhood at a time when the Motor City’s population Black ...

He was born Joseph Louis Barrow on May 13, 1914 ... a bed in Alabama before the family moved to Detroit in the twenties. Joe was learning cabinetmaking in a vocational school and taking violin ...

American boxer and world heavyweight champion Joe Louis Barrow (1914 – 1981) during his service in the US Army. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) – Credit: Photo Express Newspapers ...

There is no reflection upon the principals. …” Thereupon Sergeant Joe Louis (Barrow) returned to his chores at Fort Riley, Kans., Corporal Billy Conn to his at Fort Wadsworth, N.Y. Off for the ...

Louis was raised in Detroit and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time, but he ...

Detroit seeks an artist to create a statue of Joe Louis, focusing on his impact outside of boxing, to be installed on the ...

Louis is best known as a Black Detroit native who became one of the greatest boxers of all time. Detroiters of late may ...