Uphill: A Memoir -- Jemele Hill

<p><b>One of<i> Oprah Daily</i>'s Best Fall Nonfiction Books of 2022</b><br><b><br>An empowering, unabashedly bold memoir by the<i> Atlantic </i>journalist and former ESPN <i>SportsCenter</i> coanchor about overcoming a legacy of pain and forging a new path, no matter how uphill life's battles might be.</b> <p/>Jemele Hill's world came crashing down when she called President Trump a "white supremacist"; the White House wanted her fired from ESPN, and she was deluged with death threats. But Hill had faced tougher adversaries growing up in Detroit than a tweeting president. Beneath the exterior of one of the most recognizable journalists in America was a need--a calling--to break her family's cycle of intergenerational trauma. <p/>Born in the middle of a lively routine Friday night Monopoly game to a teen mother and a heroin-addicted father, Hill constantly adjusted to the harsh realities of not only her own childhood but the inherited generational pain of her mother and grandmother. Her escape was writing. <p/>Hill's mother was less than impressed with the brassy and bold free expression of her diary, but Hill never stopped discovering and amplifying her voice. Through hard work and a constant willingness to learn, Hill rose from newspaper reporter to columnist to new heights as the coanchor for ESPN's revered <i>SportsCenter</i>. Soon, she earned respect and support for her fearless opinions and unshakable confidence, as well as a reputation as a trusted journalist who speak