Louis, Joe
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Louis was called the “Brown Bomber” and was a source of racial pride for America's blacks.
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Last week in St. Louis, Joe banged two homers in two days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like DiMaggio and Louis, Joe Platak is the best athlete in his line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now 75 and a prosperous West German businessman, Schmeling last week recalled his postwar friendship with Louis: "Joe was a highly decent person, but he was exploited because he was so good-natured."
From Time Magazine Archive
The reputation of "St. Louis Joe" was known to almost everyone but his niece; and the ex-gambler was none too sure that she did not know it.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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