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Going Home to Tuskegee University, A Familiar Place

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. read more

Princess Leia and Darth Vader

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.” read more

Award-Winning Author Harold Michael Harvey to Discuss New Book

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. read more

New Book By Harold Michael Harvey Coming Soon

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. read more

The Unveiling of the John Lewis Statue

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. read more

Macon Native Pens Book on the First Black Council Members

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. read more

Grambling State Draws Texas A&M in Bryan-College Station Regional

After A Thrilling Run Through the SWAC Tournament

Grambling State University (26-26), a number two western conference seed heading into last week’s SWAC Baseball Championship, left a week of thrills on the field at Russ Chandler Stadium in Midtown Atlanta. Grambling lost the opening game, then came back to beat every opponent placed in their way towards the Conference championship title, knocking off SWAC powerhouse Jackson State University 14-11 on a walk-off suicide squeeze bunt and a throwing error. read more

FAMU Looks to Repeat As SWAC Baseball Champions

HBCU Baseball in the Spotlight this Week

ATLANTA, Georgia – The Southwest Athletic Conference, the nation’s premiere Black College Baseball Conference, kicks off its championship tourney this week at Russ Chandler Stadium on the campus of Georgia Tech in downtown Atlanta. read more

Hulu’s Freaknik Doc Wrote Me Out of History

My Fifteen Minutes of Fame Never Happen

Today is April 19, 2024, twenty-nine years ago; at about the same time as when I sat down to write this essay, I was sitting in the Walker County Courthouse waiting for the sentencing hearing for a client in a rape case I had tried in February 1995.

While I believed my client, a Black man who used extra-large condoms (a crucial fact in the case), had had a consensual sexual relationship with a White woman he met at a local laundromat in Lafayette, Georgia, at 2:00 a.m. in 1994, her grandfather, a retired State Legislator from the area testified on behalf of his granddaughter, all but sealing the fate of my client. read more

Judge Glanville Lacks Emotional Maturity for High-Profile Case

“Young Thug” Trial Getting the Best of Veteran Judge

On January 10, 2024, with my tongue firmly tucked in my right cheek, I opined in these pages that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville deployed “Colored People Time” in his approach to managing the RICO prosecution of millionaire rapper Jeffery “Young Thug” Williams. read more