Joe Louis, my champion

By Miller, William

Subjects: Boxing, fiction, African American boxers, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Persistence, Pictorial works, Prejudices, Heroes, Heroes, fiction, Boxers (Sports), Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Prejudices, fiction

Description: After listening to the radio broadcast of the heavyweight championship boxing fight of his hero, Joe Louis, a young African American boy realizes that he can emulate the boxer's persistence and strive to become whatever he wants to be.