In the other corner was Louis, representing the U.S. and everything democracy meant. Louis was invited to the White House, where President Franklin Roosevelt felt the champ's biceps. "Joe ...

Ronald Reagan, U.S. president ... to have had Joe Louis as my friend." Jackie Robinson, baseball great who broke the color line: Robinson and Louis served in the Army together during World ...

The New York Daily News, June 23, 1938. When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation celebrated -- and one of the biggest parties was in Harlem. In the famous New York ...