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Book Launch Feature Reading on Integration

19/09/18 at 6.32am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

September 1965, this young man and 12 others integrated Lanier Jr. High. On Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 6-9pm at the Douglass Theatre in Macon, Georgia, the older man will read from his memoir Freaknik Lawyer about the horror he felt that day, 54 years ago. “I grew up a lot my first day at school with white kids,” Harvey said. He added, “I was not prepared for the reception I received, the constant name-calling from the other kids, and the mean-spirited teachers.” Like many other Black boys during the dying days of segregation, Harvey took out much of his

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World Trade Center Standing Tall

19/09/11 at 10.16am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

We fall down, but we get up! Remember those who went to work that morning and did not come back home. Remember the personal freedoms all Americans lost on this day 18 years ago. As we strove to rebuild the World Trade Center, let us commit to restoring the security and safety enjoyed by Americans prior to this day. Those days can come back. The bad actors can be put back into the bottle.

Freaknik Lawyer Is Film Worthy

19/09/07 at 9.15am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

From the pen of Tidewater filmmaker, Walt Green we received these words in a review of Freaknik Lawyer. Sir, your book Freaknik Lawyer is excellent. It had me captured as that “Malcolm X” book captured you as a teen. I thoroughly enjoyed it and your background, explained in detail with stories of your mom and grandmom, leading up to Freaknik was a history lesson. I’m still thinking about that part in the book when you went to Lanier and some of the blacks regarded you as being “too good” for the Black schools. Also, I could not believe one of

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Freaknik Lawyer Is Up for Prestigious Lawrence W. Levine Award

19/09/02 at 2.41pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Freaknik Lawyer the epic memoir by Harold Michael Harvey has been entered into The Lawrence W. Levine Award. This prestigious book award is given annually by the Organization of American Historians to the author of the best book in American cultural history. In Freaknik Lawyer, Harvey connects the dots between the Black college spring break festival nicknamed Freaknik to the seminal civil rights supreme court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson which legalized Jim Crow and the Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education which in principle outlawed Jim Crow laws. “Freaknik was a cultural phenomenon that sprung up organically out

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Book Launch at Historic Douglass Theatre in Macon

19/09/01 at 2.34am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Cascade Publishing House is pleased to announce the book launch date for the memoir of Harold Michael Harvey, Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. The historic Douglass Theatre in Harvey’s hometown, Macon, Georgia, will serve as the venue for the book launch party on September 21, 2019, from 6:00 pm-9 pm. The public is invited to come out and greet its native son. The event will feature an open wine bar, delicious finger food, music, and a chance for attendees to socialize. The fire marshall will only permit 100 persons in the banquet room at one time,

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Book Signing at Macon-Middle Georgia Greek Expo

19/08/22 at 10.33am   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Harold Michael Harvey addresses the prestigious Business/Consumer Expo on August 29, 2019, at the Le Piada Event Center, 4295 Interstate Drive, Macon, Georgia. The program begins at 6:00 pm and ends at 9:00 pm. Following Harvey’s presentation, he will autograph his third book, Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance. Habersham and Harvey go back a long way. In his memoir, Harvey recounts the day Habersham offered him a job as managing editor of The Macon Courier. “Alex was my first professional publisher. I remember the day he offered me a job editing his newspaper. I’ve been writing

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Coley Bidding ESPN Goodbye

19/08/16 at 5.43pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Cyn and I dropped by ESPN today to thank the nice people at ESPN for nurturing Coley Harvey during this period in his career. He is heading off to Fox Sports to cover Big Ten football and basketball. I am willing to bet ESPN will still him back within three years.

In The Big Apple

19/08/15 at 1.06pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Today we are in the Big Apple searching for a book distribution deal for Freaknik Lawyer. We believe in the inspirational message contained in this book. Many of the early readers of this work have called or written to say how much inspiration they have received from reading Freaknik Lawyer. We are not going to spare any effort or cost to get this work before a large audience where it can inspire more people to craft a plan of resistance against the forces of indifference and inequality which seeks to deny their dreams. Until that book distribution deal comes along,

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A Kicking Promo For Freaknik Lawyer

19/08/13 at 8.40pm   /   by Michael   /   2 Comments

“We are not leaving any stones unturned with the release of Freaknik Lawyer: A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance,” Harold Michael Harvey said after approving the release of a kicking ad promoting his third book. Cascade Publishing House has obtained the professional voice-over skills of Marque Denmon to beat the drum for the virtue of Freaknik Lawyer. Denmon has over 20 years in radio and copywriting experience. “We believe Freaknik Lawyer is a significant work which addresses the last 50 years of American and African American history,” Harvey said, adding, “it would be a shame not to get the

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Freaknik Lawyer Debuts With Great Expectations

19/08/11 at 1.51pm   /   by Michael   /   0 Comment

Freaknik Lawyer, the third book authored by Harold Michael Harvey debuted two weeks ago. The book is subtitled A Memoir on the Craft of Resistance (Cascade Publishing House, Atlanta, 2019). Harvey starts his memoir on the day before his birth. As is his unique writing style, Harvey weaves the present with the past, pushing the readers to create a better future than the past or the present. Although this work is a factual account of Harvey’s life, neatly tucked inside the pages of this tome are golden nuggets of our collective history which are relatable in the current age. “We

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