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Author, Historian, Educator. ‘Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972’ coming out April 2025 from Anthem Press. Sign up for my newsletter @ forestissacjones.com & get my Writers Digest award winning essay!
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The Saturday Spotlight has ALL the posts from @thewritereads.bsky.social Blog Tour of #GoodTrouble by @forestissacj.bsky.social. Go check it out! #nonfiction #history #historical #Ireland #civilrights #Booksky 📚💙📚💡

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Today's my stop on @thewritereads.bsky.social #BlogTour for #GoodTrouble by @forestissacj.bsky.social a #nonfiction #book about how the Black and Catholic civil rights movements are connected Check out a #BookSpotlight on the blog today! buff.ly/KAGWwBa #bookblogger #books

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Come by Thursday night if you’re in the DC area. Only 12 tickets left!

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youtu.be/k2oM0bihYZU Now on YouTube! Interview with Dr. Forest Issac Jones, author of "Good Trouble" a book that investigates the civil rights movement and how it influenced Northern Ireland's freedom. @thetikiman.bsky.social @tikimanvikingpod.bsky.social @forestissacj.bsky.social #podcast

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I will be sharing the stage with Mrs. Lilian Seenoi-Barr (Mayor of Derry) next Thursday, May 8th at 7pm at the MLK Library in DC. If you're in DC/NOVA area, please come! If not, share with your friends and family who live there. Here's the link to register! This should be a fun event! #books

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Talking about civil rights, Northern Ireland and African-American comparisons with @forestissacj.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/good-trouble

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Next stop- Winchester Book Gallery in Virginia! winchesterbookgallery.com/event/2025-0...

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Today is my stop on the #BlogTour for #GoodTrouble by @forestissacj.bsky.social plz find my full review here bookscoveredhb.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/g... a #FascinatingRead #bookoftheday #BookRecommendations @palamedespr.bsky.social

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Thank you, sir!

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History isn’t just something we read about—it shapes our present. ✊📚 #GoodTrouble #CivilRights #HistoryMatters #Activism #Book #irishbookmammy

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Thank you for this beautiful layout and review on book release day! Links to buy are here: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/9781839994... bookshop.org/book/9781839...

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@praddenkeefe.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Congratulations to @forestissacj.bsky.social on his book GoodTrouble comparing the civil rights movement in Selma and Derry shttps://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/as-world-commemorates-selma-forest-issac-jones-traces-close-links-between-the-civil-rights-struggles-in-derry-and-alabama-5044078 👏👏👏👏

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@praddenkeefe.bsky.social Hi! I hope you got my email. Book release is tomorrow 😊 www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

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@liznugent.bsky.social Hi Liz! I know you asked me to get back in touch with you. Book release is tomorrow! www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

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Thank you to the @derryjournal.com for this review! Much appreciated. #books #history

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A big thank you to the Richmond Times Dispatch for this! #Selma #books

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Thank you to the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk for this fantastic article! #NorthernIreland #Derry #Belfast #books

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Thank you to Alia Boyd for this nice article about ‘Good Trouble’ salemtimes-register.com/jones-releas...

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This is starting to get real now. Available for pre order everywhere you buy your books! #history #books #NorthernIreland #BlackHistoryMonth

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Use PREORDER25 at Barnes & Noble today until Friday and get 25% off of ‘Good Trouble’ Let me know your order number & you get a free gift! #history #blackhistorymonth

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The Courageous Eight of Selma, Alabama- featured in my book, ‘Good Trouble’ ❤️ #blackhistorymonth

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Book cover reveal is today on MLK Day! Pre orders are live--if you are pre order before the April 1 release- DM me your order number & address and I'll send you a special gift! Pre order links are below-- www.barnesandnoble.com/s/9781839994... www.amazon.com/dp/1839994622

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Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82. With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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My mate, Billy McVeigh and his BAFTA for ‘Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland’. I was lucky enough to interview him for my book 😊

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I highly recommend this series. True story of the Price sisters & 17 people who disappeared in Northern Ireland. #saynothing #northernireland #Thetroubles

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Blurb from Author Brian McGilloway about my April release, 'Good Trouble'...WOW ‘By viewing the events in Derry through the prism of those in Selma, Forest Jones draws attention to the striking commonality in cause and consequence of both the American and Northern Irish Civil Rights movements'

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Fantastic writer and one of nicest people I've met in the writing business! Way to go, Alex!

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My November newsletter drops tomorrow afternoon! I'll be talking about this musical group, Jesse Owens & the 1936 Summer Olympics and a status update on my book! You can sign up at the bottom of my website, www.forestissacjones.com It's monthly and it's free!

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We created an Irish Studies starter pack here: go.bsky.app/VDXWKgk

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First post and glad to see so many good folks here. This reminds of Twitter/X in the old days! 😊

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