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Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home

Jonathan Capehart

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Summary

Jonathan Capehart recounts his search for belonging and his path into journalism. The memoir connects family, identity and opportunity with finding a public voice.

His personal story places professional success within a larger account of being Black and gay in America. It invites attention to the experiences behind an established public role.

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Why read it Our view

Read for the situations in which the narrator feels able to speak or belong. Compare public achievement with the private choices and relationships that support it.