Join us as we host author Forest Issac Jones and discuss his new nonfiction book Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972.
Good Trouble is the story of the strong connection between the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland – specifically, the influence of the Montgomery to Selma march on the 1969 Belfast to Derry march through oral history.
Forest Issac Jones is an author of nonfiction, history and essays. He specializes in the study of Irish History, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and Northern Ireland. He resides in Virginia, USA, and is an adjunct professor at Hollins University.
For questions, call 276-340-0356.
This event will be held at Magnolia & Main Books, 810 Main St Ridgeway VA 24148.