"Athletes and musicians who have made millions in their industries deserve our respect, but it is critical that blacks understand that our history, and our (often neglected) successes, run deeper than that. All children need to be made familiar with images and...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 85: Where Do We Go From Here-Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King Jr.
by MHill | Aug 21, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community." Martin Luther King's last sentence from his last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community sums up...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 84: The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
by MHill | Aug 11, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"Grace meets you exactly where you are and it doesn't leave you." I heard the author Anne Lamott say this quote on the Tim Ferriss podcast a couple of days ago and knew this would be the opening sentence to my latest book review. Grace would be the proper view about...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 39: Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills
by MHill | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Black History Month has passed, and I had a plan to read three non-fiction books about black history during the month of February. I finished Maurice White's wonderful biography, My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire quickly and then I read Before The Mayflower...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 34: Black Women in Science by Kimberly Brown Pellum
by MHill | Jan 10, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Daddy, I'm ready to read another book with you at bedtime. I loved hearing that sentence from my 10-year-old daughter, Norah. We have read many books together over her young life. This time she wanted about women in science. I did a Google search a few weeks ago and...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 5: Little Leaders-Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
by MHill | Feb 18, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My 9 year old daughter, Norah, wanted to read this one. Again. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison celebrates the contributions of African-American women in American Society. Forty women were featured in the beautifully illustrated book...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 3: Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
by MHill | Feb 3, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
February is Black History Month in the United States and I have always wanting to learn something about our history as Americans that I did not know previously. Well, I found out last month on the Rick Steves’ travel podcast about a travel guide published during the...