Yet here I am : lessons from a Black man's search for home / Jonathan Capehart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capehart, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capehart, Jonathan.

African American journalists--Biography.

African American journalists.

Gay journalists--United States--Biography.

Gay journalists.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 259 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Lessons from a Black man's search for home

Black boys like me

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart is one of the most recognizable faces in cable news. But long before that success, Capehart spent his boyhood growing up without his father, shuttling back and forth between New Jersey and rural Severn, North Carolina, contemplating the complexities of race and identity as they shifted around him. It was never easy bridging two worlds; whether being told he was too smart or not smart enough, too black or not black enough, Capehart struggled to find his place. Then, an internship at The Today Show altered the course of his life, bringing him one step closer to his dream. From there, Capehart embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Yet Here I Am takes us along that journey, from his years at Carleton College, where he learns to embrace his identity as a gay, black man surrounded by a likeminded community; to his decision to come out to his family, risking rejection; and finally to his move to New York City, where time and again he stumbles and picks himself up as he blazes a path to become the familiar face in news we know today. Honest and endearing, Yet Here I Am is an inspirational memoir of identity, opportunity, and of finding one's voice and purpose along the way"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sonny boy's boy

My education in Jim Crow

Jehovah's summer intern

Growing up Brady

Fresh Prince in reverse

A destination with no road map

Everything around me came alive

Hide your porn well!

Native New Yorker

Learning how to write.. and winning a Pulitzer

When someone asks what you want, tell them

'F****** S***!'

Why I left the editorial board

Nick

Don't act like you've never been anywhere

'What times we're going to have'

Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

9781538767061

1538767066

OCLC:

1490424804

Publisher Number:

90102109745