Yet Here I Am
Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home
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Jonathan Capehart
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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, and 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 finding one's voice and purpose along the way.
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—Katie Couric
“Behind the rise of one our most thoughtful journalists is his lifelong search to know—and see—his late father, who died just four months after he was born. Yet Here I Am is an inspiring memoir, beautifully rendered by Jonathan Capehart, who tracks his journey from his mother’s home in the aftermath of the Newark uprising in the late ’60s to his prominent seat interpreting the news. Through a series of challenges and contexts that provide a personal look at some of the most important issues of the last half century, Capehart grounds us in a story of curiosity meeting excellence. His seeking nature, for truth and understanding, underscores the qualities we should hope every journalist aspires to in our world today.”
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.—Billy Porter