John Blake

Age: 48 Residence: Decatur, GA Occupation: Writer/Producer for CNN.com When I went to the book-signing for Black, White, Other in Atlanta 20 years ago, I felt like I was joining some underground resistance movement. I didn’t have to give a password or secret handshake...

Election Day

Yes, I cried in the voting booth on Tuesday, thinking of my father, recently passed, who would have rejoiced to see this day. Thinking about my grandfather, who, at great personal peril, registered his neighbors on Colored Folks Hill, in rural Jasper County, Georgia,...