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Wil Haygood's new Sugar Ray bio an undisputed classicBefore Rosa Parks made international news and Brown v. Board of Education legally integrated America's public schools, professional boxing offered a way out of inner-city poverty. Millions of young black boys looked up to Joe Louis, noting the reverence with which their parents listened to his bouts on the radio - and the spirited celebrations that followed his many victories. More » |
Arts Notes - Harvard's Gates receives literary awardNEWPORT, N.H. - Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has won one of the most prestigious New England literary awards. More » |
