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Join the Sacramento Book Festival May 31, 2025
COME EARLY, from 10-10:40 AM, to hear the Black Women Write panel talk at the Sacramento Book Festival, including these...
Read MoreIntroducing Finding Daisy: From the Deep South to the Promised Land
Kathy Lynne Marshall read snippets of her Grandma Daisy’s story at Avid Reader Bookstore in Sacramento, CA, on October 19,...
Read MoreArtistic Lineage
My mother, Mary Ellen Carter Marshall, was the middle of seven children. She was born during the Great Depression....
Read MoreProving African American Lineage
https://youtu.be/sP9ngWJ6Uj0 Click here to watch an exciting “promo” video for an interview with reporter Shawnte Passmore, CBS13 TV, for a...
Read MoreNEVER FORGET OUR BRAVE FOLK
Hug a Veteran and remember those who fought the good fight. Every Memorial and Veterans Day, I think about the...
Read MoreLessons for African American Genealogy Research
https://youtu.be/sP9ngWJ6Uj0 Above is an exciting “promo” video for an interview with reporter Shawnte Passmore, CBS13 TV, for a Juneteenth 2023...
Read MoreMaking Metal Flower Stakes
Kanika Marshall with her welded steel garden stakes Lately, I’ve been reminiscing about my life as an author and a...
Read MoreCleaning Recycled Metal the Hard & Easy Way
In May 2012, I retired from a 36-year career with the California Highway Patrol as a researcher, technical writer,...
Read MoreAn avid genealogist, Kathy Lynne Marshall explores new DNA tools, refines her research findings, enjoys meeting new relatives and writing historical books that celebrate the ancestors. She collaborates with experts to accurately interpret documents and theories of lineage. She may also share some clay art or sculptural welding techniques
