"What my father did was enable white America to think of him as an American, not as a black," said his son, Joe Louis Jr. "By winning, he became white America's first black hero." Louis was ...

The exhibit, which invites visitors to return to the first recorded golf tournament held in 1940, will be on display and open to the public during February at Langston’s clubhouse. Asha Abdul-Mujeeb ...

Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were respected athletes ... Rockefeller met Schmeling on a golf course, and gave the boxer encouragement for upcoming fights. Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. president ...