One of America’s greatest boxers became world heavyweight champion on this day 75 years ago — Joe Louis. The bout took place at Comiskey Park in Chicago, and Louis knocked out James J. Braddock in the eighth round. A year later to the day, he knocked out German champ Max Schmeling in the first round. Louis, an African-American, was nicknamed “the Brown Bomber,” and held his title for 12 years, longer than any other heavyweight champion. He defended his title often and was very popular with boxing fans all over the country. Today, more than a 1.5 million people attend boxing matches in the U.S. each year. Profile America is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau: Measuring America–People, Places, and Our Economy.
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Justice has been served to Jerry Sandusky, his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. Next is the removal of anything and everything referencing Joe Paterno, one of the many who willingly or neglectfully allowed Jerry Sandusky to continue his heinous acts. Joe Paterno’s name and legacy should be wiped from the face of the earth. And Jerry Sandusky should live a long lonely life a prisoner of his crimes.
And his wife should have been arrested as an accessory, no way she didn’t know exactly what was going on. And all the other people that could have put an end to that monster years ago…how do they sleep at night for not blowing the whistle on him? Is there a single HIH poster that if you had a thought that something like that was happening to a child, would not intervene and save that child?
Dagny,
To the first part of your posting, we are in agreement.
To the second part of your posting, I do not what to know a person who would turn a blind eye towards a suspected incident of child abuse.