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Brian Jones
@brianjoneseducator.bsky.social
Author, Black History Is for Everyone & The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History. Opinions are my own!
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This Thursday November 6!! Join us online at 6:30 EST for an urgent conversation on the Fight for Black History and Black Education with @jessehagopian.bsky.social, @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social, @barrygoldenberg.bsky.social, and Crystal Sanders. www.eventbrite.com/e/cbfs-the-f...
CBFS: The Fight for Black Education and Black History
Scholars, organizers, and teachers discuss teaching and documenting Black History in this online program.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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“Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore reminds readers that the value of the struggle is not in achieving landmark victories, but in continuing to move doggedly forward in the face of all adversity.”

— Starred review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery
www.booklistonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thanks for this conversation, Ben! 🙏🏽
“There’s a reason that Black histories are being banned. When people learn about this history, they get ideas about how they might want to change things.” @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social talks to @skippedhistory.bsky.social
How Bacon's Rebellion Invented Race in the U.S.
And more lessons from Dr. Brian Jones on black history
skippedhistory.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Black History Is for Everyone

Check out this conversation between @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @jessehagopian.bsky.social, from the new issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Black History Is for Everyone
Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.
rethinkingschools.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Educators and Librarians:
Thursday Oct. 23rd join @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Day of Dialog for a great program! I'll participate in the panel (1:00-1:50 PM ET) Hidden Legacies: Unearthing Black Histories" with Clyde W. Ford, Wil Haygood, @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social
Moderator: Grace D. Gipson
October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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"Black History Is For Everyone" by Brian Jones: an incredible book about his ancestral history, US history, and the Black internationalism that sprung from the USA. Great interview. Also our West C preview w/Arya. Find out why we don't even mention the Warriors.
www.thenation.com/podcast/soci...
“Black History Is for Everyone,” and a Western Conference Preview
Historian Brian Jones joins the show to talk about his book, and Arya Shirazi and I talk about the upcoming NBA season.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I say it all of the time because it's true. On the whole, we aren't brave as individuals. But there's strength in numbers.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What a joy! Thank you, Jesse! ✊🏽
What an unforgettable evening at the Schomburg Center! ✨

Congratulations to Brian Jones on his brilliant new book #BlackHistoryIsForEveryone

I was an honor to join Bettina Love and Brian to discuss the insights of his book!
October 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Thank you! 🙏🏽
90: Black History Is for Everyone by Brian Jones

My first read for the @haymarketbooks.org Book Club! I struggled to find all the right words to say how much I loved this book. It was so engaging, I accidentally was reading to fast because I loved the narrative. Everyone read it! Esp educators.

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October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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My interview with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social about his excellent new book, “Black History Is for Everyone,” is available at Foreword Reviews shorturl.at/Fj15E.
#BlackHistoy #BlackHistoryMonth
September 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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I thoroughly recommend this book!
“It’s tempting, especially in 2025, to see the world as kind of an undifferentiated history of awfulness, exploitation, and oppression. But how the world works has changed dramatically, and has always been contested.” @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art...
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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“It’s tempting, especially in 2025, to see the world as kind of an undifferentiated history of awfulness, exploitation, and oppression. But how the world works has changed dramatically, and has always been contested.” @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art...
September 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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NYC!

Black History is for Everyone!

Join @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social for a book launch and conversation with Bettina Love and @jessehagopian.bsky.social next week at the Schomburg Center

Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30 pm ET

Free with RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/between-th...
September 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech-

“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”

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A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Thank you! 🙏🏽
I was lucky enough to get to read this early! @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social makes a clear argument for the absolute necessity of Black history for any understanding of who we are and how we got here.
We’re giving away galleys of @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social’s BLACK HISTORY IS FOR EVERYONE at #ala2025
June 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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We’re giving away galleys of @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social’s BLACK HISTORY IS FOR EVERYONE at #ala2025
June 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM