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Watch Night and Fantasy Five Up for Prestigious Indie Book Awards
This week, I received confirmation that two of my recent books, Watch Night and Fantasy Five, are up for the prestigious Indie Book Awards. I’m honored and humbled beyond belief.
Watch Night is being considered for the 2025 Illumination Book Awards and Fantasy Five for the 2025 IPPY Awards in the historical and southeast regional non-fiction categories.
With Alex Habersham on the A Call to Action
Click the link below to hear Harvey discuss his publishing career and his recently released book, Fantasy Five.
To Celebrate 100 Years of Homecoming
Albert Murray, the internationally acclaimed Black intellectual of the 20th century and a writer trained at Tuskegee Institute in the 1940s, wrote that the comforting thing about returning to your roots is that you are “going home to a familiar place.”
Yesterday, I returned home to a familiar place in East Alabama to celebrate the 100th homecoming celebration at Tuskegee University, that “Pride of the South,” which lifted the veil of ignorance inflicted by White society from the face of former enslaved Africans in the United States.
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.”
Before the Middle Georgia Regional African American History Committee
Award-winning author Harold Michael Harvey will discuss his latest book, Fantasy Five: An Unimagable History, The Election of Macon’s First Black Councilmembers, on November 20, 2024, at the Washington Memorial Library in the Genealogical and Historical Room at 4:00 pm.
Fantasy Five: An Unimaginable History, The Election of Macon’s First Black City Councilmembers
With deep humility, I am honored to announce that the Middle Georgia Regional African American Committee has invited me to discuss my new book, Fantasy Five, on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at the Middle Georgia Regional Library, 1180 Washington Avenue, Macon, Georgia. The public is invited.
FANTASY FIVE
Step into a pivotal historical moment with Harold Michael Harvey’s latest book, Fantasy Five: An Unimaginable History, The Election of Macon’s First Black Councilmembers. This compelling narrative takes you on a journey through the heart of Macon, Georgia, as it unfolds the story of five individuals who overcame insurmountable odds to change the political landscape forever.
A Symbol of Progress and Hope
In a historic event that marks a significant shift in the cultural landscape of Dekalb County, Georgia, a statue of the late civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis was unveiled. The ceremony, which took place on Decatur Square, was poignant. The statue replaced a Confederate obelisk that had stood for over a century before the DeKalb County courthouse.
Fantasy Five: An Improbable History
Harold Michael Harvey, who grew up in the Unionville community and helped organize the Unionville Improvement Association, has penned a book, Fantasy Five: An Improbable History. The book is about the first five Black members of the Macon, Georgia City Council.
Harvey said it is essential to do this book because the five have largely been forgotten in the history of Middle Georgia.