... power and hierarchy in America. Joe Louis was also an American hero, but rather for his American attitudes and decisions, rather than Johnson's controversial ones. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion of the world when he beat Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium in 1935. His win was not only a win for Joe Louis, was not only a win for the African-American race, but ... ...

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