Special thanks to Mr Harvey Keye, who I call my "Uncle Harvey".
Back in 1984 when we met , when I was a young pup out of college, he was the first person who spoke to me about the merits of giving back and helping others. He walks the walk. Harvey is one of the founding members of the DedicatedPatriots.
He is a former NH Representative, and political activist, who resides in Concord, NH
Harvey Keye, a former two term member of the New Hampshire Legislature, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.
He attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC and earned his master’s degree in business administration at Rivier College in Nashua. He retired from Verizon in 1997 where he was regional sales manager in Braintree, MA, responsible for sales and services performed by 300 employees.
He currently is VP of Sales for NHToDo magazine and the Public Relatons Manager for The Atlantis Health Club & Spa at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, NH.
Currently a member of NAACP, his past community service includes Chair of Granite State Youth, Chair of the NH Civil Rights Council, director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nashua, and director of NH Citizens Action. He is currently a director of the Downtown Concord Economic Committee.
Harvey marched alongside Martin Luther King in Birmingham in 1963. Several years later, New Hampshire was the only state in the US not to have legislated a Martin Luther King holiday.
Harvey, then an elected Representative from Nashua, addressed the 400 person New Hampshire House and dramatically described the race relations problems in his youth growing up in Birmingham in the 1930s and 1940s. Most say it was his speech before his fellow legislators that finally convinced New Hampshire to join the rest of the nation in establishing a Martin Luther King holiday.
Harvey received the Critical Thinking in Business award from NHToDo magazine.
He served in the Army in Germany from 1954-56.
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