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2025-06-12 Yet Here I Am Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home

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

Series: Pride Month

Presented By
Jonathan Capehart

Before Jonathan Capehart won a Pulitzer Prize or even became a journalist, he was a young person sorting his identity and searching for belonging. Growing up shuttled between New Jersey and North Carolina, Capehart recalls hearing that he was too smart and not smart enough, too Black and not Black enough.

The MSNBC anchor shares stories from his personal journey and his new book Yet Here I Am. Capehart talks to KCUR 89.3 daytime announcer Paul Nyakatura about how he grew comfortable with his identity as a gay Black man during his undergraduate studies at Carleton College and how landing an internship at the Today Show put him on the career path he’d dreamed of his whole life.


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Upcoming in this series:
movie theater seating with refreshments
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Teens
Movie: 'Hairspray'
Central Library |
June 7 |
2:00pm
Adults
Movie: 'Nowhere'
Central Library |
June 8 |
2:00pm
Adults
Movie: 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Central Library |
June 11 |
2:00pm
Adults
Movie: 'Brokeback Mountain'
Central Library |
June 12 |
2:00pm
Watch or Listen to Past Events in this Series:
17
Dec
Show Me Love: Female Impersonation and Drag in Kan...
Central Library |
2:00pm
6
Jun
The Ordinance Project: KC's LGBT Landmark
Plaza Branch |
6:30pm
26
Jun
No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in K...
Plaza Branch |
6:00pm
18
Feb
We're Here, We're Queer: The Struggle for Gay and ...
Plaza Branch |
6:30pm
2025-06-12 Yet Here I Am Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home

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

Series: Pride Month
Date & Location
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Reception: 5:30 pm
Truman Forum Auditorium
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In Person