John Blake
CNN Enterprise writer/producer
John Blake is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He writes about race, religion, politics and other assorted topics.
Sins of the father; redemption of the son
John Blake, CNNSex, a family secret and the collapse of one of America's biggest megachurches. Pastor D.E. Paulk breaks his silence to tell CNN's John Blake the inside story behind the public humiliation that became his salvation.
Is MLK's greatest victory being undone?
John Blake, CNNThe forces that mobilized against marchers in Selma 50 years ago launched a movement of their own that relied on an audacious strategy: They borrowed protesters' tactics to blow a hole through the civil rights movement's "crown jewel."
Why Bigfoot is getting nervous
John Blake, CNNMonster stories have been around for millennia, and just about every state has its own creature. Now monster hunters are hot on the trail, armed with cameras, drones and night-vision goggles. Can they catch one?
A preaching 'genius' faces his toughest convert
John Blake, CNNFred Craddock was a young preacher trying to find his voice when he received a call from his mother one day.
The new threat: 'Racism without racists'
John Blake, CNNIn a classic study on race, psychologists staged an experiment with two photographs that produced a surprising result.
How 'Game of Thrones' is like America
John Blake, CNNA fire-breathing dragon has never vaporized a senator giving a pompous speech on C-SPAN. No candidate has ever poisoned a rival at his wedding reception, and no "white walker" zombie has ever dragged a screaming climate change skeptic away.
When you're the only white person in the room
John Blake, CNNFlip open Amanda Shaffer's high school yearbook, and you'll notice something that stands out even more than her classmates' earnest smiles and big hairdos.
How Jimi Hendrix's race became his 'invisible legacy'
John Blake, CNNTwo weeks after closing Woodstock with his reinvention of "The Star Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix decided to offer a free concert for a group he called "my people."
The post-racial revolution will be televised
John Blake, CNNIt's a classic "Star Trek" story people love to tell.
Ghost hunters haunted by new terror: competition
John Blake, CNNZak Bagans tiptoes into a darkened bedroom, hunting a predator.
About
John Blake has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, and The American Academy of Religion. He is the author of "Children of the Movement."
