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Forest Issac Jones

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Forest Issac Jones is an award-winning author of non-fiction and essays, specializing in the study of Irish History, the US Civil Rights Movement and Northern Ireland. His latest essay, ‘The Civil Rights Connection Between The USA and Northern Ireland’ was awarded honorable mention in the category of nonfiction essay by Writer’s Digest in their 93rd annual writing competition.

Over the years, Jones has won awards from Writer’s Digest in 2022 and 2023. His award winning essay about African Americans at D-Day was published in 2024 by WWII History Magazine.

In addition to writing, Jones is a frequent speaker who has given talks about everything from African Americans at D-Day and The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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	Festive Mayhem by Carolyn Marie Wilkins (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Wilkerson (Goodreads Author), Jennifer J. Chow (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco’s Spain

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Forest Jones and 1 other person liked Sue Wallace 's review of Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972: "Good trouble by Forest Issac Jones. This was a good read. This was fascinating. Very well researched. Jones is excellent writing into the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland. I liked the illustr" Read more of this review »
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