Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains an American icon.

The iconic filmmaker tells David Remnick how he got his start, how to direct Denzel Washington, and when he wants to retire. Plus, Thomas Mallon on “Fellow Travelers.” ...

Drawing from private files in Marquette University archives, biographer Larry Tye offers a deeper view of Senator Joe McCarthy.

The Joe is second only to Madison Square Garden in longevity, but the Joe is the only hockey arena in America named for a person. So what will Detroit do to continue honoring the memory of the ...

As seen in the biography Joe Louis by Rugio Vitale, the Brown Bomber's then-wife, Rose Morgan, said of Louis' new gig, "It's like seeing President Eisenhower wash dishes." Louis had little choice.

To Joe Louis Barrow Jr. his father was a great American hero, a man whose example had "an impact on blacks and whites, rich and poor." What was most remarkable about Barrow's father, who boxed unde… ...

In 1936 Joe Louis faced off against Max Schmeling. Louis was young and undefeated. More significantly for our purposes, he was the pride of his people. The shadow of Jack Johnson still loomed -- a ...

This picture book biography connects the history of the young Joe Louis with the political history of the 1930s, beginning with the crowd waiting outside Yankee Stadium in June 1938 for the ...

"Joe Louis" isn't so much a biography as a cultural history of its subject's life and times. Roberts is particularly sensitive to the issue of race.

David Margolick talked about his book [Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink], published by Alfred A. Knopf. In the book, the author recounted the intense heavyweight ...