A project like the Joe Louis Greenway has been years in the making, and organizers say it's fitting that it honors a fighter ...

He was born Joseph Louis Barrow on May 13, 1914 ... a bed in Alabama before the family moved to Detroit in the twenties. Joe was learning cabinetmaking in a vocational school and taking violin ...

Joyce Barrow-Henderson is Joe Louis’ daughter and serves on the board of the Greenway partnership. “People and families will be able to connect on the greenway in a way that will build ...