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Reflections at the Threshold of 2026
Some years pass quietly, slipping into memory without much ceremony. And then some years arrive with a kind of insistence, years that ask something of you, shape you, and ultimately reveal who you’ve become in the long arc of your own story.
This was one of those years.
Save the date: December 12, 2025
The Proclamation reading is at Macon City Hall, 700 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia 30201. The Proclamation ceremony starts at 10:00 p.m. The Luncheon is at The Tubman African American Museum, 310 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. It begins at Noon. The Luncheon tickets are $55.00 per patron.
Front Page Cover about celebrating Macon’s First Five Black Council Members
Well, well, I made the front cover of the May 2025 edition of my hometown newspaper, the Middle Georgia Informer. The story was about my mission to preserve the history of Black elected officials in Macon, Georgia. In December, Cascade Publishing House will host a luncheon to honor the memory of the first five Blacks elected to the Macon, Georgia City Council in 1974. Their service began in 1975.
At the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia
Yesterday, during the Juneteenth observance at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia, I discussed the historical context of freedom in Middle Georgia. To highlight African Americans’ resilience, I drew a compelling comparison with the Juneteenth celebrations in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.
In an age when Black History is vanishing, I’m on a mission to preserve the legacy of the first five Blacks elected to the Macon, Georgia City Council. Click the Q-Code for ways to support the celebration of this historical event.
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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.
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.
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 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.
A Narrative History of Bethel Christian Methodist Church from 1863 to 2023