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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 1d

"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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @edgeofsports.bsky.social for having me on to talk about Black History Is for Everyone via @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/podcast/soci... @haymarketbooks.org

“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.

www.thenation.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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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...

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 8d

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 8d

RSVP here: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 13d

What a joy! Thank you, Jesse! ✊🏽

Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 13d

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!

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 13d

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Ari @earthkids.bsky.social · 14d

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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Ari's & Eddie Spaghetti's 2025 Reads: 90/??

There book cover for Black History is for Everyone by Brian Jone. The cover's background is in red then in black are the words "Black, is, for" along with a period and the author's name. Then in white is "everyone" and a little star in the middle with "history" in blue.

Beside it is the following text: "I don’t know where to start talking about this book because I loved each and every single essay. This is the first book I got from the Haymarket Book Club and had to slow my reading down because I became obsessed. All the information was laid out in a way that it doesn’t matter how much Black history you know or don’t know, the scaffolding is there to help you lead classroom discussions or conversations in everyday life. By the end I was tearing up the way Brian Jones wraps the narrative up surrounding James Baldwin in the epilogue. While every essay was excellent, the final two really stood out as Jones covers the Haitian Revolution and reframes thoughts on education surrounding the Brown vs. Board of Education."

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · 19d

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Jaime Starling @murmurationinthe.bsky.social · 19d

I thoroughly recommend this book!

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19d

“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...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19d

“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...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 20d

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...

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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech-

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

nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

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...

nmaahc.si.edu

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 29

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

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you! 🙏🏽

Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · Jun 28

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.

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Jun 28

We’re giving away galleys of @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social’s BLACK HISTORY IS FOR EVERYONE at #ala2025

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Brian Jones @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Jun 28

We’re giving away galleys of @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social’s BLACK HISTORY IS FOR EVERYONE at #ala2025

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