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When Schmeling saw a film of a heavyweight championship fight in his early teenage years, he was hooked.
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Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before their first bout on June 19, 1936.
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Hitler won supporters by speaking out against the post-WWI terms that had punished Germany.
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In 1936, Americans looked on as Hitler remilitarized Germany, rejecting the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
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On November 9, 1938, Germans initiated a wave of destruction and violence against Jews across the nation.
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By June 1940, Europe was officially at war, as the Germans advanced across northern Europe.
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When a friend took Louis to Brewster's East Side Gymnasium and introduced him to boxing, he fell in love with the sport.
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As one of the toughest boxers who ever lived and the first black heavyweight champion, Johnson stirred up controversy.
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When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation celebrated — and one of the biggest parties was in Harlem.
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Boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were connected to some very well-known people.
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A two-part series about Pennsylvania Avenue and its place in our nation’s capital and in American history.
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A two-part series about Pennsylvania Avenue and its place in our nation’s capital and in American history. This is the second and final part. Read Part One here .
