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The Middle Georgia African American History Committee to Host Author
On November 20, 2024, the Middle Georgia Regional African American History Committee will host a book discussion with award-winning author Harold Michael Harvey. The talk will occur at the Middle Georgia Regional Library, 1180 Washington Avenue, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, at 4:00 pm. in the Genealogy and Historical Room.
Will the Empire Strike Back?
In my new book, Fantasy Five (Cascade Publishing House, Atlanta, 2024), about the 1975 election of the first five Black members of the Macon, Georgia city council, I also recount the historic campaign of Rev. Julius C. Hope, a Black Baptist preacher, who made a landmark run for the Macon mayor’s office during the summer of 1975. He did not win but shared an axiom with his audience at every campaign rally. He offered up the adage, “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”