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Sep
24th

Thu

mikehudack:

fuckyeahdetroit:

dontforgetthecoffee:

This is how we like our statues in Detroit! (via The Aquitaine.)
The fist belongs to Joe Louis.

A memorial to Louis was dedicated in Detroit (at Jefferson Avenue & Woodward) on October 16, 1986. The sculpture, commissioned by Time, Inc. and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot long arm with a fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot high pyramidal framework. It represents the power of his punch both inside and outside the ring. Because of his efforts to fight Jim Crow laws, the fist was symbolically aimed toward the south. (via)

I saw this a lot as a kid (my family’s from Detroit), and even when I was young I found it very moving. I always kind of assumed there was some labor union aspect to it, as well, so I guess I was wrong on that.

fuckyeahdetroit:

dontforgetthecoffee:

This is how we like our statues in Detroit! (via The Aquitaine.)

The fist belongs to Joe Louis.

A memorial to Louis was dedicated in Detroit (at Jefferson Avenue & Woodward) on October 16, 1986. The sculpture, commissioned by Time, Inc. and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot long arm with a fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot high pyramidal framework. It represents the power of his punch both inside and outside the ring. Because of his efforts to fight Jim Crow laws, the fist was symbolically aimed toward the south. (via)

I saw this a lot as a kid (my family’s from Detroit), and even when I was young I found it very moving. I always kind of assumed there was some labor union aspect to it, as well, so I guess I was wrong on that.

Joseph Weisenthal