Ali's bold declaration, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong," resonated with many who felt marginalized, making him a symbol of the civil rights movement and a catalyst for change. Another ...

Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before their first bout on June 19, 1936. Each man was fighting for a shot at the world heavyweight boxing championship.

Became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at the age of 20. Earned an estimated $400 million in career ring ...

Max Schmeling serves as a pall bearer. Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and acknowledged as one of the 20th century's great heavyweight champions. His career ...

"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, would light up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about ...

The following is a feature that originally ran in the Valley Living, a quarterly magazine of the Valley Times-News. Riding ...

The son of an Alabama sharecropper, great grandson of a slave, great great grandson of a white slave owner became the first African-American to achieve lasting fame and popularity in the 20th century.