Select a region Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo California North California South Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Metro Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,ME Portland,OR Raleigh-Durham Salt Lake City San Antonio Seattle St. The show explores Louis’ fights with Germany’s Max Schmeling that took on racial and political overtones on the eve of World War II. Schmeling’s victory over Louis in 1936 made him a darling of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Louis regrouped, beat James Braddock for the heavyweight crown in 1937, then knocked out Schmeling in the first round of their rematch in 1938. While he served four years in the Army and raised money for the war, the Internal Revenue Service hounded him for years over back taxes. Louis’ son, Joe Louis Barrow Jr. read more
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