"Why should he? He's a politician and I am a sportsman": New York Evening Journal, New York Evening Journal, April 21,1936. April 21,1936.

"Against it? That is all they talk about": New York Sun, New York Sun, April 22,1936. April 22,1936.

"you'll lick this guy and lick him good": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, April 22,1936. April 22,1936.

"How much enjoyment can Schmeling": Washington Post, Washington Post, April 24,1936. April 24,1936.

"This is the life": New York American, New York American, May 9,1936. May 9,1936.

"I know a way, but I better not tell it": New York American, New York American, May 2,1936. May 2,1936.

"I couldn't understand him most of the time": Ibid.

"a vest pocket edition of Lenox Avenue": Lakewood Daily Times (New Jersey), Lakewood Daily Times (New Jersey), June 19, 1936. June 19, 1936.

"not only a great admirer of the Brown Bomber": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 6, 1936. June 6, 1936.

"visions of Barnum and Bailey": Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park Press, May 13,1936. May 13,1936.

"What's the matter with you, fella": New York Post, New York Post, May 14,1936. May 14,1936.

"Black Moses"; "something in the nature of a miracle": Van Every, Joe Louis, Joe Louis, pp. 12. pp. 12.

"You notice his mouth first": New York American, New York American, May 8,1936. May 8,1936.

"my friend": New York Sun, New York Sun, June 15,1936. June 15,1936.

"Mike Jacobs' pet pickaninny": New York Evening Journal, New York Evening Journal, June 12,1936. June 12,1936.

"Joe Louis Takes": Chicago American, Chicago American, June 15,1936. June 15,1936.

"Ah ain't afraid": Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, June 14,1938. June 14,1938.

"In his native, untrained way": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"These are good colored folks": Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"Don't think Joe isn't intelligent": Champion of Youth, Champion of Youth, June 1936. June 1936.

"perfect coordination of mind and muscle": New York American, New York American, May 5,1936. May 5,1936.

"silky," "snaky": Ibid., May 8,1936.

"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"; "Let's Call It a Day": Ibid., May 18,1936.

"An enterprising salesman could catch": Baltimore Afro-American.:, Baltimore Afro-American.:, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"Park Avenue has its Newport": Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh Courier, June 6,1936. June 6,1936.

"The whole atmosphere here": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"Now the place is as genuinely democratic": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 13, 1936. June 13, 1936.

"The only thing they give the Race freely": Chicago Defender, Chicago Defender, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"As she walks the streets": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"With her around all Louis wanted": Richmond Planet, Richmond Planet, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"exhibitionistically frivolous": New York American, New York American, June 1, 1936. June 1, 1936.

"His admirers say not to worry": Ibid., May 28,1936.

"grave error of looking too dangerous": New York Daily News, New York Daily News, June 6,1936. June 6,1936.

"housemaid's knee, leaping dandruff": Ibid., June 8,1936.

"I've got to make Louis look bad": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 18,1937. June 18,1937.

"plain ordinary anti-Negro propaganda": Daily Worker, Daily Worker, May 31,1936. May 31,1936.

"Throughout his brief professional career": Collyer's Eye, Collyer's Eye, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"as accurate and as rhythmical as a Beethoven sonata": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"If you've got the stuff": Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore Afro-American, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"Its attitude seems to be": Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Star-Eagle, June 9,1936. June 9,1936.

"the same as if he were a janitor": Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore Afro-American, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"We don't have to rush him": Boston Post, Boston Post, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"Chappie, what's wrong with your fighter?": Fried, Corner Men, Corner Men, pp. 13839. pp. 13839.

"Gosh, how worried he is about Schmeling!": Letter, Walter White to John Roxbor-ough, June 12,1936, NAACP Papers, Library of Congress.

"when you have gotten the [Schmeling] fight out of the way": Ibid.

"A good right hand will beat Louis": Liberty, Liberty, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Why don't you ask Louis what he plans to do?": Middletown (New York) Times, Middletown (New York) Times, June 11, 1936. June 11, 1936.

"So! I see you give me a chance to win, after all": New York Daily News, New York Daily News, June 5,1936. June 5,1936.

"If confidence were music": Ibid., May 24,1936.

"fistic senility": Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Star-Eagle, June 12,1936. June 12,1936.

"Today he seems so vitally alive": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"Reich sports idol" and "spectacularly non-Aryan" manager: New Yorker, New Yorker, June 13, 1936. June 13, 1936.

"constant upbeat chatter made me nervous": Schmeling, Erinnerungen, Erinnerungen, p. 335. p. 335.

"I'm telling you something: That Louis has lost it": Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Journal, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"so-called greatness": Ellenville (New York) Journal, Ellenville (New York) Journal, May 28,1936. May 28,1936.

"Them guys have been making a plaster cast": Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"It was he who made Schmeling a champion": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 15, 1936. June 15, 1936.

"By now [Jacobs] knew he was dealing with a Grade A rat": Ibid., June 20,1947.

"Dere will be no war": Boston Traveler, Boston Traveler, June 14,1936. June 14,1936.

"In sport, the Negro and white": Champion of Youth, Champion of Youth, June 1936. June 1936.

"A sweaty hog of a man": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, November 30,1946. November 30,1946.

"He knows very well": Arno Hellmis, Max Schmeling: Die Geschichte eines Kampfers Max Schmeling: Die Geschichte eines Kampfers (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1937) p. 100. (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1937) p. 100.

"Reklame"; Mike Jacobs as "a very smart boy": Mike Jacobs as "a very smart boy": Angriff, Angriff, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"Some woolly head of a Negro": Ibid., June 19,1936.

"absolutely not to be broached": Hans Bohrmann (ed.), NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, Bd. 4/II: 1936 (Munich: K.G. Saur, 1993): June 18, 1936. Bd. 4/II: 1936 (Munich: K.G. Saur, 1993): June 18, 1936.

"Well, it won't go fifteen rounds": Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Star-Eagle, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"a nice piece of dough": Collyer's Eye, Collyer's Eye, May 30,1936. May 30,1936.

"As between Schmeling the German and Joe Louis": Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Journal, June 19,1936. June 19,1936.

"In the face of this one waits for the pyramids to crumble": Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia Tribune, May 21,1936. May 21,1936.

"One can only ask ourselves with what sauce": L'Auto, L'Auto, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"a killing is still the best show on earth": New York Sun, New York Sun, June 18,1936. June 18,1936.

"City of Suckers": Montreal Herald, Montreal Herald, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"greater than me or anybody else the game has ever had": Boston Post, Boston Post, June 16,1936. June 16,1936.

"They won't even bet he has black hair": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 18 June 18, 1936 1936, in Julian Black scrapbooks, Library of Congress. in Julian Black scrapbooks, Library of Congress.

"What's going to happen to Schmeling": New York Mirror, New York Mirror, May 25,1936. May 25,1936.

"There is nothing so uncertain as a dead sure thing": New York Sun, New York Sun, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"man who came back": The Boxing News, The Boxing News, June 1936. June 1936.

"Everyone knows Louis is going to win!": Newark Sunday News, Newark Sunday News, March 13, 1960. March 13, 1960.

"a personal friend of Hitler and Goebbels": Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1936. September 5, 1936.

"too sure of himself for his own good": Boston Globe, Boston Globe, June 17,1936. June 17,1936.

"This guy Schmeling is no chump": Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta Georgian, June 19,1936. June 19,1936.

"an undercurrent of distant fear": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"The trouble with Joe is that you newspapermen": Fried, Corner Men, Corner Men, p. 140. p. 140.

"It is not our place to predict a defeat": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, June 15,1936. June 15,1936.

"fresher, younger, stronger": Hamburger Anzeiger, Hamburger Anzeiger, June 18,1936. June 18,1936.

"Most likely he'll manage": 12 Uhr-Blatt, 12 Uhr-Blatt, June 18,1936. June 18,1936.

"Possibly the town has come to the conclusion": New York Morning Telegraph, New York Morning Telegraph, June 16,1936. June 16,1936.

"tripe"; "one of Herr Hitler's representatives": New York Mirror, New York Mirror, June 16,1936. June 16,1936.

"Why let a German": Mobile Press, Mobile Press, June 18,1936. June 18,1936.

"The boss told me": Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis Recorder, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"The biggest fight of all": Daily Herald Daily Herald (London), June 18,1936. (London), June 18,1936.

"It's the silliest thing I ever heard": Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis Recorder, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"While condemning Hitler": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, July 27,1935. July 27,1935.

"Joe is so handsome": Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, June 18,1936. June 18,1936.

"Stage parties, banquets and dances EVERYWHERE": Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia Tribune, June 18, 1936. June 18, 1936.

"When and If Joe Louis Loses": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"The white world has long believed": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, June 13,1936. June 13,1936.

"just about the greatest heavyweight you've ever seen": Newark Star-Eagle, Newark Star-Eagle, June 17, 1936. June 17, 1936.