I was encouraged and challenged by two fellow writers — Sheila Soulcare Battle and Stacy Hawkins Adams — to read an excerpt from my memoir, “Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism.”

On a beautiful spring afternoon, I ventured out to our patio and settled in to record this brief reading from the chapter “Prologue: A Seat at the Table.” Please offer comments. If enough of you like this one, I’m happy to share one or two more readings over the coming days.