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“The difference between success and failure rests on who is running the show,” he said in an oral history recorded by the Computer History Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

You lend to the clearinghouses whatever you need, and we’re going to back you’,” he told an oral history project at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

According to oral history passed down over the generations, Santseo was planted in the 13th Century by Komfo Nana Asumbia, a royal figure to whom we trace our lineage.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

With a gallery space split between a dance studio and a film editing room, the exhibition weaves elements of choreography, documentary, oral history and ritual.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

I need Grandpa to get better so he can come home and help me finish my oral history project.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh


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