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Adam Henig

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As seen in: Medium, TIME, Tampa Bay Times, Detroit Metro Times, History News Network, Kirkus Reviews, Washington Independent Review of Books, San Francisco Book Review
Covers:  Racism in US; Race and Baseball; US History - 20th century
Author of “Watergate’s Forgotten Hero: #FrankWills, Night Watchman” @McFarlandCoPub | Other topics: #AlexHaley, #RalphWimbish, #RonLeFlore

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Adam Henig’s Biography

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Adam Henig is the author of Baseball's Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore and Watergate's Forgotten Hero: Frank Wills, Night Watchman. Adam's writings have appeared in Time, Detroit Metro Times, Tampa Bay Times, Washington Independent Review of Books, History News Network, San Francisco Book Review, and the website BlackPast.

For more information, visit www.adamhenig.com.

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Washington Independent Review of Books

Washington Independent Review of Books

How "Friends of the Library" undermine indie bookstores. I support libraries. I support independent bookstore…

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Before Kap and Ali There Was Baseball's Dr. Wimbish

Before Kap and Ali There Was Baseball's Dr. Wimbish

Before there was football's Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, baseball's Curt Flood demanding free agency, and …

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Interstate memorial honors Bette Wimbish's service to St. Petersburg

Interstate memorial honors Bette Wimbish's service to St. Petersburg

Bette Wimbish: A Fighter Till the End The St. Petersburg City Council recently voted to approve state Sen. Da…

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Frank Wills (1948-2000) *

Frank Wills (1948-2000) *

On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, an African American night watchman, detected an early morning break-in at the …

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The Forgotten Doctor Who Helped Integrate Baseball's Spring Training

The Forgotten Doctor Who Helped Integrate Baseball's Spring Training

Nearly a decade and a half after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier on the field, Major League Baseball …

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Ralph Melvin Wimbish (1922-1967) *

Ralph Melvin Wimbish (1922-1967) *

During the 1961 Major League Baseball spring training season, Ralph M. Wimbish, a St. Petersburg, Florida-bas…

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Articles

Nazis in Hollywood: How Hitler’s henchmen tried to infiltrate the movies

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By Adam Henig
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Adam Henig is the author of four books, including his most recent, “Baseball’s Outcast: The Story of Ron LeFlore.” Los Angeles and Nazis? It’s not an association we often make with the City of Angels, but Michael Benson’s fast-paced nonfiction thriller, “Hollywood vs. Nazis: How the Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles,” will make Angelenos rethink that relationship.
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A new biography of former Detroit Tiger Ron LeFlore, who in the 1970s famously went from prison to the big leagues, hits bookshelves this week

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By Adam Henig
| Detroit Metro Times Verified
After his notorious adolescence on the east side of Detroit in the 1960s, Ron LeFlore made national news in the ’70s as his hometown team’s unlikeliest of center fielders. And after a brief, but storied major-league career, which included one All-Star game and 455 stolen bases, LeFlore hasn’t made many headlines in recent years. But now more than 50 years after his big-league debut, LeFlore, 77, is experiencing a late-inning renaissance.
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April 1-14, 2026

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By Steve Butts, Adam Henig, Gary Gillette
| Detroit Metro Times Verified
Why loyal Detroit Tigers fans could finally be rewarded this season The essence of true fans is faith: Faith in their team, faith in their team’s management, and faith in their hometown heroes. Faith even when they are losing. Faith even when they lose year after year after year. In 2026, true blue Tigers fans are going to be rewarded for their steadfastness during nine long…
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. It's my fathers, the one he used when he was in college during the 1960s.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tom Wolfe

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No, although I wish I had.