experiences during the Great Depression of the thirties. Many people learned

to face these hard times with the help of famous sports figures. They gave

hope and to many people pride in what they stood for to them.

One of these great sports figures who helped Americans was boxer Joe

Louis. In 1936 he fought the world champion Max Schmeling and had his first

lose. Max Schmeling was a German boxer and the Nazis equated his victory over

Joe Louis as a Nazi superiority over American democracy. Once again the two

boxers, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, fought in 1938 and this time Joe Louis

won in the first round. This was an enormous lift for Americans. It was a

victory for democracy. Joe Louis was also an inspiration to the African

American people. He was a famous African American boxer and had beaten a

Jesse Owens great accomplishments on the track field made him one of the

was humiliating and angered Adolf Hitler . " His paramont victory at the 1936

the American people, white and black, because once again it showed Nazis were

not a superior race. An African American man had won four gold medals. This

Americans pointed with pride to athletes like Joe Louis, who was the world

An important athlete to the women of the thirties was Babe Didrikson

new world record in the 100m. dash,(10.2 sec.). In 1936 as a member of the

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