Says “World Champion. A black boy… He was the strongest man in the world.” At the end of his story, he adds, "It wouldn't be right for a black man and his family to be caught on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis was proud that we were the strongest people in the world." It means that by using the tool of irony Angelou wants to tangibly convey to her readers the fact that African Americans are vulnerable: capable of becoming world champions but not capable of walking down a country road at night, which can be considered sarcasm. Furthermore, Angelou attempts to illustrate how the outcome of the fight affects the pride of her race. To bring this meaning to life, try to show that the assumption of the African Americans in the store is “If Joe lost we would go back to slavery…” and that there was an ideological belief about the outcome of the fight among those people, “God He himself hated us.” Every sentence written in the opening paragraphs creates a clear image of an event of crucial importance to the people of Stamps, Arkansas, who appear as an extended family united to listen to the only radio for miles around. .With the help of these sentences, he clearly helps his readers to see how poor and destitute these people are. He uses the strategy of creating suspense in his story