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Yet Here I Am

Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home

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By Jonathan Capehart

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Pulitzer Prize winning writer, editor and TV host Jonathan Capehart recounts powerful stories from his life about embracing identity, picking battles, seizing opportunity and finding his voice to speak up for others—and himself.

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. 

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  • “With candor and verve, Jonathan Capehart has given us a moving, memorable, and illuminating memoir. The good news is this is a wonderful book. The even better news is that Jonathan has many miles yet to go.”
    Jon Meacham
  • “Powerful. Bold. Heartfelt. Jonathan takes readers on a journey of self-discovery that both enlightens and emboldens. His book will inspire readers for decades to come."
    Michele Norris, New York Times bestselling author of Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
  • “This is a story of how hard work and gumption can win out in a world where we often struggle to fit in and find our way. Following Jonathan Capehart’s journey is moving and inspiring.”
     
    Katie Couric

On Sale
May 20, 2025
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13
9781538767061

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Jonathan Capehart

About the Author

Jonathan Capehart is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Associate Editor at the Washington Post, where he is also an opinion writer, hosts the Capehart podcast and anchors the weekly Washington Post Live show First Look. He is also anchor of The Saturday Show and The Sunday Show on MSNBC. His MSNBC special A Promised Land: A Conversation with Barack Obama was nominated in 2021 for an Emmy for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis. He is also an analyst on The PBS NewsHour.  
 
 

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