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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction ; Prologue; 1 Coming to Derry, Summer 2022; 2 The Roots of the Conflict: Michael Collins and Easter Rising; 3 The Rise of the IRA; 4 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; 5 1963 March on Washington; 6 The Courageous Eight; 7 Selma to Montgomery March; 8 The People's Democracy in Northern Ireland; 9 John Lewis; 10 Bernadette Devlin; 11 John Hume; 12 Eamonn McCann; 13 Selma to Montgomery March-Bloody Sunday; 14 Bloody Sunday-the Impact; 15 The Aftermath-The Selma to Montgomery March; 16 The Beginning of the Catholic Civil Rights Movement; 17 Belfast to Derry March-the Beginning; 18 Day one-January 1, 1969, Belfast to Derry Long March; 19 Day Two: Belfast to Derry-Toome; 20 Day Three of the Belfast to Derry March; 21 Last Day of the Belfast to Derry March; 22 Battle of the Bogside; 23 Conflict with the Police, Paramilitaries, and the Marchers; 24 Conclusion; Brexit, Irish Unity, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland Today; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Forest Issac Jones is an author of nonfiction, history and essays. He specialises 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.

Product details

• Authors: Forest Issac Jones, Forest (K 12 Educator for Salem City Issac Jones
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781839994623
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-462-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Northern Ireland, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Human rights, civil rights, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity