An awardwinning journalist tells the riveting (The Atlanta JournalConstitution) story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family hed never metand how faith brought them all together. A compelling and courageous journey that bears witness to the realities of systemic racism, the complexity of identity within that system, and the possibilities of reconciliation.Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White FragilityJohn Blake grew up in a notorious Black neighborhood in innercity Baltimore that became the setting for the HBO series The Wire. There he became a selfdescribed closeted biracial person, hostile toward white people while hiding the truth of his mothers race. The son of a Black man and a white woman who met when interracial marriage was still illegal, Blake knew this much about his mother She vanished from his life not long after his birth, and her family rejected him because of his race.But at the age of seventeen, Blake had a surprise encounter that uncovered a disturbing family secret. This launched him on a quest to reconcile with his white family. His search centered on two questions Where is my mother? and Where do I belong? More Than I Imagined is Blakes propulsive true story about how he answered those questions with the help of an interracial church, a loving caregivers sacrifice, and an inexplicable childhood encounter that taught him the importance of forgiveness.Blake covered some of the biggest stories about race in...

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