Sgt. Joe Louis

by Charles Alston

Sgt. Joe Louis,
Champion of Champions

Joe's Meteoric rise from the poverty and obscurity of an Alabama sharecropper's cabin to fame and fortune as the sports idol of a nation, is an eloquent example of democracy in action!

In one of the most magnificent gestures in the history of sportsmanship, the champ risked his most cherished possession, the World's Heavyweight Title, and donated his entire purse to the Army and Navy Relief funds!

Since his enlistment, Joe has been busy teaching his buddies how to slap the superiority out of the Japanazis!

Sgt. Joe Louis, Champion of Champion's, by Charles Henry Alston, National Archives Identifier: 535687 Local Identifier: 208-COM-224, Creator: Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. News Bureau. 6/13/1942-9/15/1945