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Transparent : CNN anchor and special correspondent Don Lemon
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PN 4874 .L46 A3 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemon, Don, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lemon, Don, 1966-.
- Lemon, Don.
- African American television journalists--United States--Biography.
- African American television journalists.
- Gay journalists--United States--Biography.
- Gay journalists.
- Broadcast journalism--United States--Biography.
- Broadcast journalism.
- Television news anchors--United States--Biography.
- Television news anchors.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 220 p. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Las Vegas : Farrah Gray Publishing, c2011.
- Summary:
- Lemon presents a searingly candid memoir that will motivate anyone discouraged by the adversities of life. He details his own struggle to become one of the most prominent African American men in television news, and explains how painful early experiences shaped his ambitions and gave him the tools of empathy and fearlessness that he brings to his work.
- Contents:
- Family and foundation
- A lesson in race and color
- A lesson on secrets
- A lesson about loss
- A lesson in trust
- A lesson in diversity
- A lesson on the "Black Box"
- A lesson on faith
- You don't want to fail on a stage that big
- A lesson on gratitude
- A lesson on persistence
- A lesson on facing fear
- Chicago
- A lesson in happiness
- A lesson in priorities
- A lesson on initiative
- A lesson named "Katrina"
- My life at CNN
- Inaugurating Barack Obama
- A lesson on the brevity of life
- A lesson on listening
- A lesson in embracing change
- Conclusion: Full Circle
- A lesson on the word "never."
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy signed by author.
- ISBN:
- 9780982702789
- 0982702787
- 9780972709934 (e-books)
- 0972709932 (e-books)
- OCLC:
- 666246682
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