"What my father did was enable white America to think of him as an American, not as a black," said his son, Joe ... Louis, on the other hand, converted all into his corner. When "The Brown Bomber ...

That man was Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber." Joe Louis was born in 1914 to a humble family in Alabama. From a young age, he faced the adversities of a country marked by racism and inequality.

Joe Louis, in the far right ... wasn't popular with whites. Louis, on the other hand, converted all into his corner. When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling -- viewed ...