oral history
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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
An oral history, based on 80 interviews, offers insight into one of the most misunderstood administrations in recent history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One version of the oral history speaks of a hunter from Gomoa Asin, a royal named Inhune Akubuha.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Inside one of the oldest barbershops in Boyle Heights, Rodney Trammell gave an oral history of Brooklyn Avenue before it was renamed after civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Back in the United States, Liyana’s classes had oral history assignments where they were supposed to go home and ask their oldest relatives or neighbors what the world was like long ago.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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