Around 1920, Louis's mother married Pat Brooks, a local construction contractor, having received word that Munroe Barrow had died while institutionalized (in reality, Munroe Barrow lived until 1938, unaware of his son's fame). Munroe Barrow was committed to a mental institution in 1916 and, as a result, Joe knew very little of his biological father. Louis suffered from a speech impediment and spoke very little until about the age of six. Munroe was an African American with some European ancestry.

Both of his parents were children of former slaves, alternating between sharecropping and rental farming. Early life īorn on May 13, 1914, in rural Chambers County, Alabama-in a ramshackle dwelling on Bell Chapel Road, located about 1 mile (2 kilometres) off State Route 50 and roughly 6 miles (10 kilometres) from LaFayette-Louis was the seventh of eight children of Munroe Barrow and Lillie (Reese) Barrow. He was instrumental in integrating the game of golf, helping break the sport's color barrier in America by appearing under a sponsor's exemption in a PGA event in 1952. He is widely regarded as the first African-American to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the United States, and was also a focal point of anti- Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II because of his historic rematch with German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938. Louis's cultural impact was felt well outside the ring. Louis had the longest single reign as champion of any boxer in history.

He was victorious in 25 consecutive title defenses, a record for all weight classes.

He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949. Nicknamed ' the Brown Bomber', Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. Joseph Louis Barrow (– April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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