New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2010. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed on t-p. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xiv, 185, [5] p. Illustrations. Notes. From Wikipedia: "Michele L. Norris (born September 7, 1961) is an American radio journalist and former host of the National Public Radio (NPR) evening news program All Things Considered, which she joined on December 9, 2002. She is the first African-American female host for NPR. Norris was a correspondent for ABC News from 1993 to 2002. She wrote for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1990, while at The Washington Post, Norris received the Livingston Award for articles she wrote about the life of a six-year-old boy who lived with a crack-addicted mother in a crack house. In 2002, Norris won an Emmy Award. In 2009 the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) awarded Norris its Journalist of the Year award. She is also the author of The Grace of Silence, a book that started as an extension of an NPR series about race relations in the United States called the Race Card Project."

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Michele Norris , host of All Things Considered, is cowinner of the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for The York Project: Race and the ‘08 Vote and was chosen in 2009 as Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. She has written for, among other publications, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. As a correspondent for ABC News from 1993 to 2002, she earned Emmy and Peabody awards for her contribution to the network’s 9/11 reporting. She has been a frequent guest commentator on Meet the Press, The Chris Matthews Show, and Charlie Rose. Norris lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and children.

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Bookseller: Ground Zero Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 69992
Title: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir
Author: Norris, Michele
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed on t-p
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]
ISBN 10: 0307378764
ISBN 13: 9780307378767
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: Racism, National Public Radio, Emmy Award, Journalist, All Things Considered, Aunt Jemima, Alabama, Justice

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