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OHA workshop at OAH, April 2014

Oral History, Living History – Oral History Workshop Presented by The Southern Oral History Program at UNC-Chapel Hill Southern Oral History Program Workshop presenters: Malinda Maynor Lowery, Director; Rachel F. Seidman, Associate Director; Seth Kotch, Digital Humanities Coordinator. Thursday April 10, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Cost: $10.00 Limit: 40 Sponsored by: OAH Committee on Public History and

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Blog: Dismantling the Barriers that Exclude: Lessons in how students react to challenging stories

By Katie Kuszmar  I teach at a high school in San Jose, and we recently had the opportunity to meet Father Greg Boyle, who started Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries is a very successful intervention and rehabilitation program for “homies” who want out of gangs. We read Boyle’s bestselling memoir, Tattoos on

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Blog: International Committee reflections on 2013 Annual Meeting pt 2

By Leslie McCartney, International Committee Web Liaison Over the next couple of months we will feature comments from recipients of this year’s OHA scholarships as designated by the Oral History Association’s International Committee. This month we feature comments by: Marica Šapro-Ficović, PhD. (Public Library Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia) Paper Title: Oral History Shows Vibrant Life in

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New documentary featuring interviews from JFK Presidential Library and Museum

We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kenedy Archives is a radio documentary in oral history form, built around the recorded recollections of people who knew Jack Kennedy personally. The program is airing on public radio stations nationwide, around the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s death in Dallas. You can also listen to it on

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In Memoriam: Martha Jackson Ross

By Cliff Kuhn Original Featured in the November 2013 Perspectives on History Martha Jackson Ross 1923–­2013 Influential Oral Historian Pioneering oral historian and legendary teacher Martha Jackson Ross died April 5, 2013, in Fremont, Ohio. Ross arrived relatively late in life to the field of oral history. A native of Selma, Alabama, she graduated in

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