Traveling on Grace Street

About the Book

Traveling on Grace Street The most important lesson I have learned in the fifty years I have spent working toward the building of a better world is that the true work of social transformation starts within. It begins inside your own heart and mind. Thus, to truly revolutionize our society, we must first revolutionize ourselves. It’s been a long journey, all the way from stepping off a cotton farm in Alabama to the epicenter of the struggle for civil rights in America. Some days when I go to my office in the early morning and look out over the great monuments beyond the Capitol, I think, How could this be? How could a poor boy from Alabama have lived such a life? I tell you, it has been the grace of God. Jeff Blake, a brother from Alabama, has written the story of grace in his own journey, and I am pleased to commend his Traveling on Grace Street to you. He too has been in the struggle. He too has kept his eye on the prize. John Lewis United States Congressman Atlanta, Georgia

About the Author

Jeff Blake spent his vocational life in community service. He is now retired and fulfilling his dream of writing a memoir of his journey in the American South and other places of the world. His words are drawn from his spirit of curiosity and adventure. There is “a thread of grace” that runs through his writing. His book is a living reminder that grace is everywhere and we only have to open ourselves to receive what is given. He is the father of three children and the grandfather of nine grandchildren. Copyedited by Lou Angelique Heruela Reviewed by May Vinece Sienes