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EBONY MAN BY JULIA JACKSON
NORMAN HARRIS
Musician, Writer, Public Speaker, Ordained Clergy, Attorney, Owner of Champions for Justice Law in Tampa, Florida
Hometown: Manchester, Georgia; currently residing in Tampa, Florida.
Church: Worships at Brown Memorial COGIC, Bishop Matthew Williams, Pastor.
Owner: Champions for Justice Law, LLC, with practice focus in the areas of Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Music Entertainment Contract Law, and an emerging practice in Civil Rights Law.
Norman is an Executive Board member of the George Edgecomb Bar Association (GEBA) and serves as the elected General Counsel. Norman also serves as Assistant General Counsel for the Southwestern Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ in Florida.
Norman is committed to social activism and serves on sev- eral boards, including educational, social, and ministry boards. Currently, he is the Secretary of the Arts Conservatory for
Teens (ACT) in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida,
*Serves as Vice Chair of the Executive Board of Tampa Hills-
borough Action Plan (THAP),
*Serves on the Executive Board for the Hillsborough County
Branch of the NAACP,
*Serves as a member of the United Negro College Fund Lead-
ership Council, and Board Member of Bay Area Legal Services (BALS) Development Council.
Norman is musically talented and expresses his love for music with his brother, Alex. He is a vocalist and electric and bass guitarist. His musical gifts extend beyond merely singing and playing the electric guitar and bass; he is also a songwriter and producer.
Norman holds a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Mercer University School of Law, a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology (Emory University), and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Religion from LaGrange College, where he grad- uated with honors.
Norman says, "he is ashamed to die before he has won some victory for humanity!"
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