| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 92.3

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The Fight. Dir. by Barak Goodman. Prod. by Barak Goodman and John Maggio. Social Media Productions, 2004. 90 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337; <shop@pbs.org>; <http://shop.pbs.org/education/> [Sept. 12, 2005])

The prizefighter Joe Louis was a national hero, and yet white America made him enter through the back door. In the ring, he defeated Nazi Germany in the person of Max Schmeling; in uniform, during the war to preserve American democracy, he was treated as a second-class citizen. Unlike the first and previous black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, Louis, in his demeanor and life-style, was instinctively compliant with the day's racial mores; as in the Johnson saga, whites desired to give Louis's belt to one of their own. Blacks adored him, though, and believed that his boxing prowess was changing society.

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