A Brief Biography Of Joseph Louis Barrow

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1914 - Joe Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914
Joseph Louis Barrow was born May 13, 1914. Being the son of a sharecropper, Joseph was brought up in a cotton-field near Lafayette, Alabama. Growing up as the eighth child in a small household, inevitably financial struggle is bound to happen. An example of this was that the kids had to sleep three to a bed. Joseph received little schooling and after his mom, Lillie Barrow, remarried (learning that her husband, Munroe Barrow, and Joseph’s father died in the Searcy state hospital for the Colored Insane) the family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Since moving to Detroit was the first major change in Joseph’s life, Joseph was unprepared for school. He was often mistaken for being dumb because of his social awkwardness as in being shy and quiet. In order to “change” this, his mother paid for violin lessons.

1934 - First Professional Boxing Match
After a friend introduced Joseph to boxing at Brewster's East Side Gymnasium, he fell in love with it. To keep his mom from finding out about his boxing, he shortened his name to Joe Louis, eventually she found out. A couple years later with his success in the amatuer boxing scene, Joseph met John Roxborough who became his lifelong manager. As a result of joining forces with John Roxborough, Julian Black was hired as a fight promoter and Jack Blackburn as Joseph’s trainer. His first fight was scheduled on July 4, 1934, where he kayoed his opponent Jack Kracken. Hereafter until the end of 1935, Joseph had already been in 14 fights. Those 14 fights helped Joseph rack up nearly $370,000 in prize money.

1936-1938 - First Professional Defeat & First Championship Title
On June 19, 1936, a German fighter by the name of Max Schmeling defeated Joe Louis ...

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...aine addiction and a case of paranoia. As a result, his wife Martha instituted him into a psychiatric hospital. Joe Louis also worked as an "official greeter" at Caesars Palace at this time. Taking in to account that he still owed the government taxes, the government agreed not to collect the back taxes. On April 12, 1981, Joseph Louis Barrow died of a heart attack. During his lifetime, Joe Louis married four times and had two children. President Ronald Reagan made it possible for Joe Louis to be buried in the Arlington National Cemetery since he served in the military.

1920s - Scientific Discovery
In 1928, the perfect recipe for bubble gum was invented by Walter Diemer. Prior to Walter’s discovery, there were many attempts to create bubble gum. There were bubble gum recipes before Walter’s, but the gum was way too wet and couldn’t keep a form. Being an accountant

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