COGNOSCENTE Flashcards
1
Q
Why have you included Joe Louis in this deck?
A
- Joe Louis held the heavyweight title of the world from 1937 to 1949, considered the greatest
- I love boxing and black and white photography
- I love jazz and success of the underdog which was joe because he was black’s fate being denied a chance at the title
- Richard Wright wrote a thirteen stanza poem about the guy entitle king joe which was set to music with count bassie’s band and recorded by Columbia in 1941. The singer was Paul Robeson (fist blues song)