Randy Roberts, “Joe Louis: Hard Times Man” (Yale UP, 2010) - a podcast by Marshall Poe
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“I’m sure if it wasn’t for Joe Louis,” acknowledged Jackie Robinson, “the color line in baseball would not have been broken for another ten years.” To Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis was an inspiration and an idol. “I just give lip service to being the greatest,” said Ali in 1981, after...
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