Joe Louis Barrow Joe Louis Barrow a famous African American boxer. He was given the nick name the brown bomber. He was born on May 13, 1914 and he died on April 12,1981.Born in Chambers county Alabama to his mother Lillie Barrow and father Munroe Barrow. They moved to Detroit and that's where he grew up and started his boxing career. Joe was sixteen when he started in the amatuer boxing ring. His mother was giving him money for violin lessons, but Joe Louis was not interested in them.He spent the money on Boxing lessons at the Brewster Recreation center. When his mother found out, she was angry. Still she encouraged him to do his best at b