Welcome to another episode of Lurie Breaks It Down, a podcast where we dig deeply to connect the dots on the issues that shape our world.

I'm Lurie Daniel Favors, author, activist, attorney, and the host of the Lurie Daniel Favors show on Sirius XM's Urban View, Channel 126. If you like what you're about to hear, go ahead and give us five stars and then tell everybody that you know. And if you don't like it, just, child, keep it to yourself and pray our strength. Okay? Thank you so much.

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which I do just about every single day and when I go live with my YouTube audience.

So even though this podcast is dedicated to breaking down the latest and greatest bits of

news or bits of history that relate to the news that we need today, it's also important to

sometimes look back at what has already been discussed. And today is one of those conversations.

About the time that his book Black A of History was released, Michael Harrier and I got a chance to sit down to discuss some of the themes of the book and why it is so relevant considering the times we currently find ourselves in.

That conversation I found to be priceless and I'm really excited that you're going to get to hear it today.

So here you are. That time I sat down and interviewed Michael

Harriet. Michael Harriet, phenomenal writer actually, who loves words, both written and spoken, and he

loves the way they tumble off pallets and jump off pages and writing a novel is one of the many

dreams that he's been able to live. He's worked as a corn harvester, chef, radio personality,

bartender, journalist, publicist, nightclub owner, waiter, mortgage broker, project manager, student fast food sandwich maker and graphic designer.

He is a native of Hartsfield, South Carolina, attended Auburn University as an undergraduate and went on to receive his master's in business.

And he has been writing since the age of 11, thanks in part to his mother's aspirations to become an author,

and has produced scores of finished and unfinished manuscripts, poetry, lyrics, scripts, and short stories.

He's also one of my absolute favorite storytellers, and I'm very pleased to welcome him back this morning.

Thank you for being here, Michael.

Thank you for having me.

Now, I ended the last segment with a bit of

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