firsthand account
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“We were fighting not only for sewer, potholes and police protection but for self-determination and empowerment of our community,” Martinez de Vara wrote in a firsthand account of the incorporation campaign.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Graves did not observe the event himself but said a witness came to his organization, Americans for Safe Aerospace, with a firsthand account and evidence including police blotters and other documentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
But Pence can offer a firsthand account of at least some one-on-one conversations with Trump.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023
Edward was never surrounded by crowds of curious by-standers eager for his firsthand account.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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