Adam Henig: 2 books
Alex Haley Roots
An Author's Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
His critics called him a liar. His supporters saw him as transcending race relations. In 1977, following the airing of the mega hit television mini-series Roots, its author, Alex Haley, became America’s newest “folk hero."
His book was on the Times' Best Seller's list for months,...
Baseball Under Siege
The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor's Battle to Integrate Spring Training
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
In 1961, when the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, for spring training, neither team had any idea that a feisty physician was about to turn its world upside down.
To Major League Baseball, Dr. Ralph Wimbish was just a black homeowner able to house...