Charles Jamaal Blake | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 36th district |
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Assumed office January 2015 |
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Preceded by | Darrin Williams |
Personal details | |
Born |
Little Rock, AR |
April 18, 1983
Political party | Democratic |
Parents | Charles & Elizabeth Blake |
Residence | Arkansas, USA |
Alma mater |
Little Rock Central High School Grinnell College |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | Baptist Church |
Little Rock Central High School
Charles Jamaal Blake (born April 18, 1983) is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 36 in the capital city of Little Rock in a portion of Pulaski County, Arkansas.
An African-American, Blake is a graduate of Little Rock Central High School and Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa, from which he holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science. He is a small businessman and the chairman of the South Main Street Board in Little Rock. He also chairs the holiday committee for Daisy Bates, the late civil rights activist from Little Rock who died in 1999. He is a director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arkansas.
Blake is affiliated with the Baptist Church, specific denomination unavailable. There is another Charles Blake, Charles Edward Blake, Sr. (born in Little Rock in 1940), the Presiding Bishop of the African-American Church of God in Christ, a Pentecostal denomination, and a pastor in Los Angeles, California. It is unclear if this bishop is related to Representative Blake.