"I was the only one in Hollywood": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"We could not stand him, either": Ibid.

"Germany-it vas going crazy": New York Post, New York Post, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"You could understand better": Ibid.

"Youse guys don't know nothin'": Ibid.

"Cover up yo' face, Chappie": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, February 3,1938. February 3,1938.

"Is he hurt much?": Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"You just got tagged, Chappie": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"You can't get to him nohow": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Everything was in a fog": Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"I sure didn't mean to hit him low": Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, June 20, 1936. June 20, 1936.

"Say, don't forget that one Max hit": Ibid.

"No, I ain't going to retire": Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"That knockout was the best thing"; "Yes, maybe we can tell him sumthin' from now on": Ibid.

"I don't want to resort to alibis": Ibid.

"Joe Jacobs outsmarted us": Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, December 21,1937. December 21,1937.

"This fight will make him a great fighter": New York Post, New York Post, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Louis vs. Schmeling would draw": Detroit Evening Times, Detroit Evening Times, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"You mark my words": United Press International, June 20,1936.

"Fighting's a nailing business": New York Sun, New York Sun, August 15,1936. August 15,1936.

"Joe, your head looks like a watermelon": Nagler, Brown Bomber, Brown Bomber, p. 68. p. 68.

"Poor thing, he is sleeping": Paris Soir, Paris Soir, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"She covered her face with her handkerchief": Amsterdam News, Amsterdam News, July 4,1936. July 4,1936.

"Schmeling made the chocolate drop": Augusta Wallace Lyons to author, November 2001.

"every man you met had a five or six-to-one wager": Philadelphia Record, Philadelphia Record, June 21, 1936. June 21, 1936.

"Nothing can take the place of experience": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, June 23,1936. June 23,1936.

"Max smashed that nigger!": Willie Smith with George Hoefer, Music on My Mind: The Memoirs of an American Pianist Music on My Mind: The Memoirs of an American Pianist (New York: De Capo, 1975), p. 247. (New York: De Capo, 1975), p. 247.

MAX SCHLaGT JOE LOUIS IN DER 12 12 RUNDE K.O.: RUNDE K.O.: Mobile (Alabama) Press, Mobile (Alabama) Press, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Big black, brown and yellow feet": Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia Tribune, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"weeping desperately and wearing": California Eagle, California Eagle, June 26,1936. June 26,1936.

"Joe didn't land a single good punch": New York Evening Journal, New York Evening Journal, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Schmeling has done boxing a service": Daily Mail Daily Mail (London), June 22, 1936; "outrageous"; "should be made the means of national uprising and revolt": (London), June 22, 1936; "outrageous"; "should be made the means of national uprising and revolt": Boxing, Boxing, June 24, 1936. June 24, 1936.

"tap-tap-tapped his way": New York Post, New York Post, June 23,1936. June 23,1936.

"as though his heart would break": Walter White to Joe Louis, June 23, 1936, in NAACP papers, Library of Congress.

"Not even the worst days of the Depression": Boston Chronicle, Boston Chronicle, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"The musician who usually thumps": Ibid., July 4,1936.

"there was a deathly silence": Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo Evening News, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"That Louis let me down": New Orleans Item, New Orleans Item, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"just another Negro getting beaten by a white man": Lena Horne and Richard Schickel, Lena Lena (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975), p. 75. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975), p. 75.

GLOOM ENGULFING THE CITY'S HARLEM: Chicago Defender, Chicago Defender, July 4,1936. July 4,1936.

"The blow came all the harder": The Friend The Friend (Bloemfontein, South Africa), June 22, 1936. (Bloemfontein, South Africa), June 22, 1936.

"surged back onto the floor": Mobile Register, Mobile Register, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"The people know now": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"political Max Schmeling": Daily Herald Daily Herald (London), June 22,1936. (London), June 22,1936.

"a one hour's wonder": Social Justice, Social Justice, June 29,1936. June 29,1936.

"paraded in bedlamic pilgrimages": New York American, New York American, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"resembled midnight of New Year's Eve": Macon Telegraph, Macon Telegraph, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Max the Great": Interview, Max Wiley.

"talked at a rate": Rand Daily Mail, Rand Daily Mail, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"the limitless aversion of the colonial English": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, August 10,1936. August 10,1936.

"What the race lost in money": Chicago Defender, Chicago Defender, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"An idol representing everything": New York Post, New York Post, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"the Negro race went around": Boston Guardian, Boston Guardian, July 23,1936. July 23,1936.

"draped like a vulture's wings": Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore Afro-American, July 2,1938. July 2,1938.

"From a conquering fistic idol": Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo Evening News, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"jungle cunning": New York Sun, New York Sun, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"reign of terror": New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"Joe Louis is just a legend today": Chicago Daily News, Chicago Daily News, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"I-Told-You-So Day": New York Mirror, New York Mirror, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"Pet Pickaninny": Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Journal, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"Louis did what all the negro": Memphis Commercial Appeal, Memphis Commercial Appeal, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"nigger," "darkie," "coon," and "Sambo": Chicago Defender, Chicago Defender, July 4,1936. July 4,1936.

"that hinterland of barbarism": Richmond Planet, Richmond Planet, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"Americans are interested in money": New York American, New York American, June 23,1936. June 23,1936.

"Maybe the people in Germany": Boston Globe, Boston Globe, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"the victorious German boxer raised his arm": Angriff, Angriff, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"I will liberate Schmeling": Frohlich (ed.), Die Tagebucher von Joseph Goebbels, Die Tagebucher von Joseph Goebbels, T.I, Bd.3/II, June 24,1936, p. 115. T.I, Bd.3/II, June 24,1936, p. 115.

"the swarthy brunet with the narrow black eyes": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, September 2,1937. September 2,1937.

"Germany, the land of the fastest race cars": Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, June 21, 1936. June 21, 1936.

"An achievement like that of Max Schmeling": Der Fuhrer, Der Fuhrer, June 23,1936. June 23,1936.

"My sacrificial lamb": Bayerische Ostmark, Bayerische Ostmark, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"You know, the money is in this country": New York Post, New York Post, June 24,1936. June 24,1936.

"a new Germany ... a Germany that has faith in itself again": Frankischer Kurier, Frankischer Kurier, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"saved the reputation of the white race": Das Schwarze Korps, Das Schwarze Korps, June 25,1936. June 25,1936.

"confirmed the supremacy of a race": Il Messaggero, Il Messaggero, June 20,1936. June 20,1936.

"The Negro is of a slave nature": Der Weltkampf, Der Weltkampf, August 1936. August 1936.

"made a one-sided and primitive impression": Kreuz Zeitung, Kreuz Zeitung, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"Beaten is not the right word": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, July 1, 1936. July 1, 1936.

"When an acquaintance said 'The mind is just better' ": Volkischer Beobachter, Volkischer Beobachter, July 8, 1936. July 8, 1936.

"Take good care of that": Boston Sunday Post, Boston Sunday Post, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"Joe's all right": New York Times, New York Times, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"I don't think Louis is through": Washington Post, Washington Post, June 21,1936. June 21,1936.

"beaming like a school kid": New York Daily News, New York Daily News, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"Should clean up": Variety, Variety, June 24,1936. June 24,1936.

"The End of the Reign": Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh Northwestern, June 23,1936. June 23,1936.

"The Fight So Thrilling": Zanesville (Ohio) Times-Recorder, Zanesville (Ohio) Times-Recorder, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"All this turning of coats": New Republic, New Republic, July 8,1936. July 8,1936.

"Daddy, I could kill": Walter White to Joe Louis, June 23,1936, in NAACP papers.

"If it were not for the deep tragedy beneath": Norfolk Journal and Guide, Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 27,1936. June 27,1936.

"Was not that a surprise": Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"Brown Bouncer": New York Times, New York Times, June 22,1936. June 22,1936.

"If a German": The People The People (London), June 21,1936. (London), June 21,1936.

"two marvels of the Twentieth Century": Lakewood (New Jersey) Daily Times, Lakewood (New Jersey) Daily Times, June 24, 1936. June 24, 1936.

"I just want to touch him!": Ibid.

"Get Braddock ready!": New York Daily News, New York Daily News, June 24,1936. June 24,1936.

Chapter Eight: Climbing Back.

"lap of honor": Box-Sport, July 1,1936. July 1,1936.